Traditional chinese medicine ZHENG identification provides a novel stratification approach in patients with allergic rhinitis

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Liang, Kai Li ^a,b   Jiang, Rong San ^a,b   Lee, Chia Lin ^a   Chiang, Pei Jung ^a,c   Lin, Jui Shan ^c   Su, Yi Chang ^c  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ACOUSTIC RHINOMETRY; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASAL PRURITUS; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OCULAR PRURITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINORRHEA; SNEEZING; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84863679086     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/480715     Document Type: Article

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