Scientific case research in complementary and alternative medicine-A review

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 388-395

  Teut, Michael ^a   Linde, Klaus ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case reports; Case studies; Complementary and alternative medicine; Review; Single case research

Indexed keywords

AB DESIGN; ABA DESIGN; ABAB DESIGN; ABC DESIGN; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BEST CASE SERIES; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS OF SINGLE CASE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE BASELINE DESIGN; NUMBER OF 1 RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL DESIGN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SINGLE CASE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; EDUCATION; PROCEDURES;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84880588468     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.04.006     Document Type: Review

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