Traditional Chinese medicine for idiopathic precocious puberty: A hospital-based retrospective observational study

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 258-265

  Yu, Chao Hui ^a,b   Liu, Pi Hua ^c   Van, Yang Hau ^a   Lien, Angela Shin Yu ^c   Huang, Tzu Ping ^a,b   Yen, Hung Rong ^a,b,d,e  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Precocious puberty; Traditional Chinese medicine; Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan

Indexed keywords

CANG ER SAN; CANG ZHU; CHEN PI; CHINESE DRUG; GE GEN TANG; HAN LIAN CAO; JIA WEI XIAO YAO SAN; LONG DAN XIE GAN TANG; MAI YA; SHAN ZHA; SHEN LING BAI ZHU SAS; SHEN QU; SHO SEIRYU TO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WU MEI; XIA KU CAO; XIANG SHA LIU JUN ZI TANG; XIN YI QUING FEI TANG; XIN YI SAN; ZHE BEI MU; ZHI BAI DI HUANG WAN; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; COMORBIDITY; HAND BONE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RADIOGRAPHY; WRIST;

CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HAND BONES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WRIST;

EID: 84898788476     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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