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Review
. 2016:2016:1502107.
doi: 10.1155/2016/1502107. Epub 2016 Dec 26.

Effects of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for the Treatment of Lupus Nephritis: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

Mingli Heng  1 , Jinli Tu  2 , Yu Hao  3 , Ye Zhao  4 , Jinhui Tian  5 , Huaien Bu  1 , Hongwu Wang  1
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Review

Effects of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for the Treatment of Lupus Nephritis: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

Mingli Heng et al. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2016.

Abstract

After a thorough search through the database as CNKI database, VIP database, Wanfang database, PubMed, and Cochrane Library, the clinical experimental articles have been selected out on the effects of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine on the treatment of lupus nephritis. A meta-analysis was carried out in terms of clinical efficacy criteria and safety criteria by RevMan 5.3 software. Based on the results, we cautiously conclude that Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine used for lupus nephritis could improve the clinical efficacy while at same time lower the 24-hour urine protein, serum creatinine, and adverse drug reactions.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this article.

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Figure 1
Effective rate of clinical efficacy rate between two groups.
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Figure 2
24-hour urine protein between two groups.
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Figure 3
Serum creatinine between two groups.
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Figure 4
Adverse drug reaction between two groups.
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Figure 5
Funnel plot.
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