Review article: complementary and alternative therapies for inflammatory bowel disease
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Review article: complementary and alternative therapies for inflammatory bowel disease.
Complementary and alternative medicine includes a wide range of practices and therapies outside the realms of conventional western medicine. Despite a lack of scientific data in the form of controlled trials for either efficacy or safety of complementary and alternative medicine, use by patients with inflammatory bowel disease, particularly of herbal therapies, is widespread and increasing. The...
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عنوان ژورنال: Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0269-2813,1365-2036
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02761.x