Traditional Chinese medicine for chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials.

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There is no curative treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is widely used in the treatment of CFS in China.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Complement Ther Med

Title: Complementary therapies in medicine

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1873-6963

ISSN (Print): 0965-2299

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 2014

Volume: 22

Issue: 4

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[1 ] Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.

[2 ] Department of Academic Exchange, World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, Beijing, China.

[3 ] Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China. Electronic address: Liujp@bucm.edu.cn.

[4 ] Institute for Tibetan Medicine, China Tibetology Research Center, Beijing, China.

[5 ] School of Public Health, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, China.

[6 ] The National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NAFKAM, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway. Electronic address: terje.alrak@uit.no.

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Publisher Item ID: S0965-2299(14)00102-2

DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.06.004

PubMed ID: 25146086

SO-VID: fe5ae3ec-fce7-42c9-8bc2-ccb5a0641f20

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Keywords: Chronic fatigue syndrome,Randomized clinical trials,Systematic review,Traditional Chinese medicine

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Keywords: Chronic fatigue syndrome, Randomized clinical trials, Systematic review, Traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine for chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials.

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