Pharmacological treatments of Chinese herbal medicine for irritable bowel syndrome in adults: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Yun-bo Wu; Yun-kai Dai; Ling Zhang; Huai-geng Pan; Wei-jing Chen; Ru-liu Li; Ling Hu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0255665

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Pharmacological treatments of Chinese herbal medicine for irritable bowel syndrome in adults: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Yun-bo Wu,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Yun-kai Dai,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Ling Zhang,

Roles Formal analysis, Software

Affiliations Institute of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Huai-geng Pan,

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Institute of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Wei-jing Chen,

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Institute of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Ru-liu Li,

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Institute of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Ling Hu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision

* E-mail: drhuling@163.com

Affiliations Institute of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3104-8050

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Pharmacological treatments of Chinese herbal medicine for irritable bowel syndrome in adults: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Yun-bo Wu,
Yun-kai Dai,
Ling Zhang,
Huai-geng Pan,
Wei-jing Chen,
Ru-liu Li,
Ling Hu

Published: August 6, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255665

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