Oral Chinese herbal medicine combined with pharmacotherapy for stable COPD: a systematic review of effect on BODE index and six minute walk test.

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Published in PLoS One on March 12, 2014

Authors

Xiankun Chen1, Brian May2, Yuan Ming Di2, Anthony Lin Zhang2, Chuanjian Lu3, Charlie Changli Xue4, Lin Lin5

Author Affiliations

1: Evidence-Based Medicine & Clinical Research Service Group, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
2: Traditional & Complementary Medicine Research Program, Health Innovations Research Institute, School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
3: Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
4: Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China; Traditional & Complementary Medicine Research Program, Health Innovations Research Institute, School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia; Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
5: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.

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