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The use of herbal medicines in early drug development for the treatment of HIV infections and AIDS

Jianping Liu Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Centre for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China +86 10 6428 6757; +86 10 6428 6871; [email protected]; [email protected]; University of Tromso, National Research Centre in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM), Tromso, Norway
Pages 1355-1364 | Published online: 22 Aug 2007

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