Pharmacological characteristics of traditional medicine as curative ‘Polypharmacy’

Journal of Traditional Medicines

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 155-165

  Miyata, Takeshi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

airway clearance; Bakumondo to; FEBTM; gene expression; glucocorticoid; polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009578751     PISSN: 18801447     EISSN: 18813747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11339/jtm.21.155     Document Type: Article

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