Fever of unknown origin successfully treated by oren-gedoku-to (huanglian-jie-du-tang)

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 829-832

  Tanaka, Koichiro ^a   Nara, Kazuhiko ^a   Nishimura, Tetsuya ^a   Serizawa, Keiko ^a   Miyazaki, Taito ^a   Urita, Yoshihisa ^a   Miura, Oto ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fever of unknown origin; Huanglian jie du tang; Kampo; Oren gedoku to

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; BUDESONIDE; DULOXETINE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; LEVONORGESTREL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORENGEDOKU TO; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOKUKAN SAN;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SWEATING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84885232341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S52488     Document Type: Article

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