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An Evidence-Based Systematic Review of Aloe vera by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration

Catherine Ulbricht Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
, PharmD,
Jennifer Armstrong University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
, PharmD,
Ethan Basch Natural Standard Research Collaboration, Cambridge, MA
, MD,
Samuel Basch Mt. Sinai Medical Center, NY
, MD,
Steve Bent University of California, San Francisco, CA
, MD,
Cynthia Dacey Natural Standard Research Collaboration, Cambridge, MA
, PharmD,
Sean Dalton Harvard Medical School
, PhD, MD, MPH,
Ivo Foppa Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
, MD, ScD,
Nicole Giese Natural Standard Research Collaboration, Cambridge, MA
, MS,
Paul Hammerness Harvard Medical School
, MD,
Catherine Kirkwood MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, TX
, MPH, CCCJS-MAC,
David Sollars New England School of Acupuncture
, MAc, HMC,
Shaina Tanguay-Colucci Natural Standard Research Collaboration
, BS &
Wendy Weissner Natural Standard Research Collaboration
, BA show all
Pages 279-323 | Published online: 13 Jul 2009

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