Understanding Chinese Medicine Patterns of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Related Biomarkers.

ABSTRACT: Background: A considerable number of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients only experience side effects from treatment, with little to no actual pain relief. The combination of disease diagnosis in biomedicine and multi-disciplinary integrative approaches such as Chinese Medicine (CM), can help to identify different functional diagnosis of RA in the context of biomarker discovery. We aimed to analyse CM patterns in RA and their biomarker profiles. Methods: Four electronic databases (web of science, CINAHL, Scopus and PubMed) were searched. The reference list of all identified reports and articles were searched for additional studies. All study designs were included and no date limits were set. Studies were considered if they were published in English and explored the possible biomarkers profi

SUBMITTER: Seca S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5874582 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature