Evaluation of the size of the placebo effect in treatments of allergic diseases and asthma based on a meta-analysis of efficacy trials of drugs

Postepy Dermatologii i Alergologii

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 372-377

  Radziwill, Konstanty ^a   Kruszewski, Jerzy ^a  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergic diseases; Meta analysis; Placebo effect

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; CAPTOPRIL; CETIRIZINE; FEXOFENADINE; FLUTICASONE; FORMOTEROL; LORATADINE;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS; PLACEBO EFFECT; SKIN ALLERGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 81255162441     PISSN: 1642395X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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