Homeopathic Oscillococcinum® for preventing and treating influenza and influenza-like illness

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Mathie, Robert T ^a   Frye, Joyce ^b   Fisher, Peter ^c  

^a BRITISH HOMEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Convention of the United States   (United States)

^c UCL Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; OSCILLOCOCCINUM; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LIVER EXTRACT; TISSUE EXTRACT;

DISEASE SEVERITY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE; DUCK; HOMEOPATHY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; DUCKS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LIVER EXTRACTS; MYOCARDIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SYNDROME; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

EID: 84988703813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001957.pub6     Document Type: Review

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