Traditional chinese herbal medicines for treating HIV infections and AIDS

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zou, Wen ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Li, Hongjuan ^b   Liao, Xing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIKANG; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DIDANOSINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IGM 1; LOPERAMIDE; NEVIRAPINE; NYSTATIN; PLACEBO; QIANKUNNING; STAVUDINE; TANGCAO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIAOMI GRANULE; XIELIKANG; ZIDOVUDINE; ZY 4;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84872790938     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/950757     Document Type: Review

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