Rheum officinale (a traditional Chinese medicine) for chronic kidney disease

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2012, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Han ^a,b   Song, Hongxian ^b   Yue, Jirong ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Hou, Yan Bin ^c   Deng, Jue Lin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Kang Ning Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NITROGEN; UREA; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIARRHEA; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHEUM OFFICINALE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE COURSE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RHEUM;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CAPTOPRIL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; RHEUM;

EID: 84866465319     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008000.pub2     Document Type: Review

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