Comparative Effectiveness of Homoeopathic vs. Conventional Therapy in Usual Care of Atopic Eczema in Children: Long-Term Medical and Economic Outcomes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Roll, Stephanie ^a   Reinhold, Thomas ^a   Pach, Daniel ^a   Brinkhaus, Benno ^a   Icke, Katja ^a   Staab, Doris ^a   Jäckel, Tanja ^a   Wegscheider, Karl ^b   Willich, Stefan N ^a   Witt, Claudia M ^a,c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGE; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BURN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRY SKIN; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HERPES ZOSTER; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873133688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054973     Document Type: Article

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