Comparison of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine therapy on vascular cognitive impairment with no dementia

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 4896-4902

  Wang, L P ^a   Zhang, X Y ^a   Liu, N ^a   Ma, Z Z ^b   Fang, D S ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Chinese traditional medicine; Cognitive function; Ginkgo tablet; Vascular cognitive impairment with no dementia; Western medicine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHINESE MEDICINE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; ORIENTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TABLET; VASCULAR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT WITH NO DEMENTIA; WESTERN MEDICINE; CEREBELLUM; CHEMISTRY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DRUG EFFECTS; GINKGO BILOBA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASCULARIZATION;

GINKGO BILOBA;

AGED; ASPIRIN; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84929222892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2015.May.11.22     Document Type: Article

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