Complementary and alternative medicine for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: A systematic review

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Alraek, Terje ^a   Lee, Myeong S ^b   Choi, Tae Young ^b   Cao, Huijuan ^c   Liu, Jianping ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PLACEBO;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GINSENG; HEALING; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MASSAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAI CHI; TREATMENT FAILURE; ACUPUNCTURE; REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MASSAGE; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80053521379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-87     Document Type: Article

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