Oral Chinese proprietary medicine for angina pectoris: An overview of systematic reviews/meta-analyses

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 787-800

  Luo, Jing ^a   Xu, Hao ^b   Yang, Guoyan ^a   Qiu, Yu ^c   Liu, Jianping ^a   Chen, Keji ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b XIYUAN HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine Press   (China)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Meta analyses; Oral medicine; Overview; Proprietary medicine; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CHINESE MEDICINE; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANGINA PECTORIS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL;

EID: 84906791844     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.05.011     Document Type: Review

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