Prospective self-controlled trial of the efficacy and tolerability of a herbal syrup for young children with eczema

Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-121

  Hon, Kam Lun ^a   Lo, Winnie ^a   Cheng, William K F ^a   Leung, Ting Fan ^a   Chow, Chung Mo ^a   Lau, Clara B S ^a   Fok, Tai Fai ^a   Ng, Pak Cheung ^a   Leung, Ping Chung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Children; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLANT EXTRACT;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTEX MOUTAN; CORTEX PHELLODENDRI; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FLOS LONICERAE; HERB; HERBA MENTHAE; HUMAN; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICINAL PLANT; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATABILITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RASH; REVIEW; RHIZOMA ATRACTYLODIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONTROL; SYRUP; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84858204234     PISSN: 09546634     EISSN: 14711753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09546634.2010.514893     Document Type: Review

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