Characteristics and prescription patterns of traditional chinese medicine in atopic dermatitis patients: Ten-year experiences at a medical center in taiwan

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-147

  Lin, Jing Fan ^a,b   Liu, Pi Hua ^b   Huang, Tzu Ping ^a,b   Lien, Angela Shin Yu ^b   Ou, Liang Shiou ^a,c   Yu, Chin Hui ^a,b   Yang, Shu Ling ^a,b   Chang, Hen Hong ^a,b   Yen, Hung Rong ^a,b,d,e  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Complementary and alternative medicine; Traditional Chinese Medicine

Indexed keywords

BAI XIAN PI; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MU DAN PI; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIAO FENG SAN; YU XING CAO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMORBIDITY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN; TREATMENT DURATION;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894277011     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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