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Complementary and alternative medicine for treatment of atopic eczema in children under 14 years old: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Due to limitations of conventional medicine for atopic eczema (AE), complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely used as an alternative, maintaining, or simultaneous treatment for AE. We aimed to evaluate the beneficial and harmful effects of CAM for children with AE under 14 years old. METHODS:We searched for randomized trials on CAM in 12 Chinese and English databases from their inception to May 2018. We included children (

SUBMITTER: Lu CL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6158902 | biostudies-other | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Complementary and alternative medicine for treatment of atopic eczema in children under 14 years old: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Lu Chun-Li CL Liu Xue-Han XH Stub Trine T Kristoffersen Agnete E AE Liang Shi-Bing SB Wang Xiao X Bai Xue X Norheim Arne Johan AJ Musial Frauke F Alræk. Terje T Fonnebo Vinjar V Liu Jian-Ping JP

BMC complementary and alternative medicine 20180926 1

<h4>Background</h4>Due to limitations of conventional medicine for atopic eczema (AE), complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely used as an alternative, maintaining, or simultaneous treatment for AE. We aimed to evaluate the beneficial and harmful effects of CAM for children with AE under 14 years old.<h4>Methods</h4>We searched for randomized trials on CAM in 12 Chinese and English databases from their inception to May 2018. We included children (< 14 years) diagnosed with AE, who ...[more]

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Complementary and alternative medicine for treatment of atopic eczema in children under 14 years old: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

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Complementary and alternative medicine for treatment of atopic eczema in children under 14 years old: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

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