Phytomedicine
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Treatment effect and safety of EPs® 7630-solution in acute bronchitis in childhood: Report of a multicentre observational study

  • M. Haidvogl

      Affiliations

    • Ludwig Boltzmann-Institute for Homoeopathy, Graz, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Schillerstrasse 11, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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  • M. Heger

      Affiliations

    • ISO-Pharmaceuticals, Ettlingen, Germany

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 This study was originally published in Zeitschrift für Phytotherapie 1996;17(5):300–313.

PII: S0944-7113(06)00189-9

doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2006.11.014

Phytomedicine
Volume 14 , Pages 60-64 , 5 March 2007