Inpatient treatment for severe atopic dermatitis in a Traditional Korean Medicine hospital: Introduction and retrospective chart review

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 200-206

  Yun, Younghee ^a   Lee, Seungdeok ^b   Kim, Sehyun ^a   Choi, Inhwa ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Atopic dermatitis; Herbs; Hospitalisation; SCORAD; Traditional Korean Medicine

Indexed keywords

ADENOPHORA TRIPHYLLA EXTRACT; AKEBIA QUINATA EXTRACT; ANGELICA GIGAS EXTRACT; ATRACTYLODES CHINENSIS EXTRACT; GENTIANA SCABRA EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; PHELLODENDRI CORTEX EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANTAGO ASIATICA EXTRACT; RAPHANUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; REHMANNIA GLUTINOSA EXTRACT; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS EXTRACT; SMILAX CHINA EXTRACT; TALC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADENOPHORA TRIPHYLLA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AKEBIA QUINATA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATRACTYLODES CHINENSIS; BANDAGES AND DRESSINGS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENTIANA SCABRA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HERBAL WET WRAP DRESSING; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KOREAN MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHELLODENDRI CORTEX; PLANTAGO ASIATICA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADISH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMILAX CHINA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877106359     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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