Chenchen Wang

Chenchen Wang
Departments of Rheumatology, Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Tufts Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine,
Boston, MA, USA, Box 406, MA 02111
Tanzania

Publications
  • Mini Review
    Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine and Lupus Nephritis
    Author(s): Xiaozhen Mu, Quan Jiang and Chenchen WangXiaozhen Mu, Quan Jiang and Chenchen Wang

    Available treatments for lupus nephritis, a potentially fatal autoimmune disease, are limited by suboptimal efficacy and increased risk of infections and malignancies; inevitably they do not meet clinical demands. Traditional Chinese herbal medicine has recently been recognized for its potential therapeutic benefits for lupus nephritis. Encouraging evidence from clinical trials and observational studies demonstrate that Chinese herbal medicine may possess benefits for treating patients with lupus nephritis. The significant benefits of these Chinese herbal medicine modalities that have been observed and reported include improving clinical efficacy, reducing level of antibodies and proteinuria, ameliorating renal damage, diminishing the dosage of prednisone use as well as decreasing toxicity, and preventing disease flare-up. This overview aggregates the current body of medical knowledge.. View More»
    DOI: 10.4172/2375-4273.1000230

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