Chinese herbal medicines for treating osteoporosis

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Volumn 2014, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Yunxia ^a   Liu, Jian Ping ^b   Xia, Yun ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

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ALFACALCIDOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ESTRADIOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; IPRIFLAVONE; OSTEOCALCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; PLACEBO;

BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LIMITED MOBILITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NAUSEA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STOMACH PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; WESTERN MEDICINE;

EID: 85020883111     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005467.pub2     Document Type: Review

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