Adverse outcomes of Chinese medicines used for threatened miscarriage: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 504-524

  Li, Lu ^a   Dou, Li Xia ^b,c   Neilson, James P ^c   Leung, Ping Chung ^a   Wang, Chi Chiu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Chinese medicines; Miscarriage; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ALLYLESTRENOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AN TAI DECOCTION; ASCORBIC ACID; BAO YUN DECOCTION; BU SHEN GU TAI DECOCTION; BU SHEN YI QI DECOCTION; CHINESE DRUG; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GU SHEN AN TAI DECOCTION; JIAN PI BU SHEN AN TAI DECOCTION; JIU WEI AN TAI DECOCTION; LE YUN NING DECOCTION; PROGESTERONE; SHI XIAO PILL; SHOU TAI PILL; TAI ER AN PILL; TAI SHAN PAN SHI PILL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WU ZI DECOCTION; YI SHEN GU CHONG DECOCTION; YUN AN DECOCTION; ZHI XUE BAO TAI DECOCTION; ZI NI BAO TAI FORMULA; ZI SHEN ROU GAN FORMULA; ZI SHEN YU TAI PILL;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANOREXIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMINENT ABORTION; INSOMNIA; NAUSEA; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGINA BLEEDING; XEROSTOMIA;

ABORTION, THREATENED; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865094704     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dms025     Document Type: Review

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