Chinese herbal medicine for atopic eczema

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Gu, Sherman ^a   Yang, Angela W H ^a   Xue, Charlie C L ^a   Li, Chun G ^b   Pang, Carmen ^c   Zhang, Weiya ^c   Williams, Hywel C ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLACEBO; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BURNING SENSATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SCRATCHING; SELF ESTEEM; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DEFECT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; CHILD; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84898720920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008642.pub2     Document Type: Review

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