Exploratory clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of a topical traditional Chinese herbal medicine in psoriasis vulgaris

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yan, Yuhe ^a   Liu, Wali ^a   Andres, Philippe ^b   Pernin, Colette ^b   Chantalat, Laurent ^b   Briantais, Philippe ^b   Lin, Albert ^b   Feng, Lilian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b Galderma R and D   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; PLACEBO; SHI DU RUAN GAO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INVESTIGATOR GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OINTMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL SEVERITY SCORE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84925326263     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/719641     Document Type: Article

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