       Document 0675
 DOCN  M9610675
 TI    [Effect of Astragalus membranaceus on T-lymphocyte subsets in patients
       with viral myocarditis]
 DT    9601
 AU    Huang ZQ; Qin NP; Ye W; Zhejiang provincial TCM Hospital, Hangzhou.
 SO    Chung Kuo Chung Hsi I Chieh Ho Tsa Chih. 1995 Jun;15(6):328-30. Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96022960
 AB    The efficacy of Astragalus membranaceus (AM) oral liquor combined with
       routine therapy and routine therapy alone on T-lymphocyte subsets of
       peripheral blood in viral myocarditis patients have been studied. The
       results showed that the T-lymphocyte subsets profile and OKT4/OKT8 ratio
       of peripheral blood were significantly lower in viral myocarditis
       patients than that in healthy control (P < 0.05, 0.01). Routine therapy
       combined with AM could significantly enhance OKT3, OKT4 and OKT4/OKT8
       ratio in the above-mentioned patients (P < 0.05, 0.01). The possible
       pharmacodynamic mechanism of improved cell immunity in viral myocarditis
       patients by combining routine therapy with AM was discussed.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  CD4-CD8 Ratio  Drugs, Chinese Herbal/*ADMINISTRATION
       & DOSAGE  English Abstract  Female  Human  Male  Middle Age
       Myocarditis/*DRUG THERAPY/IMMUNOLOGY/VIROLOGY  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
       T-Lymphocyte Subsets/*IMMUNOLOGY  Virus Diseases/*DRUG
       THERAPY/IMMUNOLOGY  CLINICAL TRIAL  JOURNAL ARTICLE  RANDOMIZED
       CONTROLLED TRIAL

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