Chinese herbal medicine for treating recurrent urinary tract infections in women

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Flower, Andrew ^a   Lewith, George ^a   Liu, Jian Ping ^b   Li, Qing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEMATURIA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NOCTURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY;

EID: 85020050060     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010446     Document Type: Article

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