A prospective case series exploring the role of Chinese herbal medicine in the treatment of recurrent urinary tract infections

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Flower, Andrew ^a   Lewith, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese herbal medicine; Prospective case series; Recurrent urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAI JIANG CAO; CHE QIAN CAO; CHONG LOU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUANG BAI; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PU GONG YING; RECURRENT INFECTION; RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTION; SHI WEI; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS; TONG CAO; TU FU LING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WELLBEING; WU YAO; YI MU CAO; ZE XIE;

EID: 84872376706     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: 18763839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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