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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Chinese Herbal Medicine Therapy Reduces the Risks of Overall and Anemia-Related Mortalities in Patients With Aplastic Anemia: A Nationwide Retrospective Study in Taiwan.

Mu-Lin Chiu, Yu-Lung Hsu, Chao-Jung Chen, Te-Mao Li, Jian-Shiun Chiou, Fuu-Jen Tsai, Ting-Hsu Lin, Chiu-Chu Liao, Shao-Mei Huang, Chen-Hsing Chou and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mu-Lin ChiuSchool of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Yu-Lung HsuChina Medical University Children's Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Chao-Jung ChenProteomics Core Laboratory, Department of Medical Research, Genetic Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Te-Mao LiSchool of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Jian-Shiun ChiouDepartment of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Fuu-Jen TsaiSchool of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Ting-Hsu LinProteomics Core Laboratory, Department of Medical Research, Genetic Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Chiu-Chu LiaoProteomics Core Laboratory, Department of Medical Research, Genetic Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Shao-Mei HuangProteomics Core Laboratory, Department of Medical Research, Genetic Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Chen-Hsing ChouDepartment of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Wen-Miin LiangDepartment of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Ying-Ju LinSchool of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
China Medical University · TWChina Medical University Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aplastic Anemia (AA) is a rare but fatal hematologic disease that may occur at any age and especially higher in Asia. We investigated whether Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is beneficial to AA patients as a complementary therapy using a nationwide population-based database in Taiwan between 2000-2016. Patient survival was estimated by Kaplan‒Meier survival analyses and Cox proportional-hazard model. CHM-users presented lower risks of overall and anemia-related mortalities when compared to non-users. The risk of overall mortality for CHM-users in AA patients was 0.70-fold [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR): 0.70, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.66-0.74,

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anemia-related mortalityaplastic anemiaChinese herbal medicinenetwork analysisoverall mortality

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