Complementary and alternative medicine for gastrointestinal disorders
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Complementary and alternative medicine for gastrointestinal disorders.
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a growing area of public interest. With increasing numbers of patients using these modalities, it is essential that Western medical practitioners become familiar with the available CAM literature to facilitate better patient care. While the volume of CAM research in gastrointestinal disorders has increased, there are still few modalities for which...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1470-2118,1473-4893
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.7-3-224