Treatment of acute bronchitis with EPs 7630: Randomized, controlled trial in children and adolescents

Pediatrics International

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-226

  Kamin, Wolfgang ^a   Ilyenko, Lidia I ^d   Malek, Fathi A ^b   Kieser, Meinhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b DR WILLMAR SCHWABE GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d PIROGOV RUSSIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

acute bronchitis; children; EPs 7630; herbal medicine; Pelargonium sidoides

Indexed keywords

PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHITIS SPECIFIC SYMPTOM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859883640     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2012.03598.x     Document Type: Article

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