Real-world Chinese herbal medicine for Parkinson's disease: a hospital-based retrospective analysis of electronic medical records
Shaohua Lyu,
Claire Shuiqing Zhang,
Zhenhui Mao
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundParkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition. Chinese medicine therapies have demonstrated effectiveness for PD in controlled settings. However, the utilization of Chinese medicine therapies for PD in real-world clinical practice and the characteristics of patients seeking these therapies have not been thoroughly summarized.MethodThe study retrospectively analyzed initial patient encounters (PEs) with a first-listed diagnosis of PD, based on electronic medical records from Gu… Show more
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