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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2006

Evidence-Based Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine III: Treatment of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease.

Francesco Chiappelli, Audrey M Navarro, David R Moradi, Ercolano Manfrini, Paolo Prolo

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Assessment of risk of bias in translational science.Journal of translational medicine · 2013
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  2. Marine invertebrate natural products for anti-inflammatory and chronic diseases.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2013
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  5. An herbal nasal drop enhanced frontal and anterior cingulate cortex activity.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2011
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  7. Transitioning Toward Evidence-Based Research in the Health Sciences for the XXI Century.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2008
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Francesco Chiappelli
Audrey M Navarro
David R Moradi
Ercolano Manfrini
Paolo Prolo

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper presents the novel domain of evidence-based research (EBR) in the treatment of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) from the perspective of traditional medicine and of complementary and alternative medicine. In earlier lectures we have described the process of evidence-based medicine as a methodological approach to clinical practice that is directed to aid clinical decision-making. Here, we present a practical example of this approach with respect to traditional pharmacological interventions and to complementary and alternative treatments for patients with AD.

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PMID17173104
PMCPMC1697743

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