The effect of echinacea in the prevention of upper respiratory infections in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

نویسندگان
Sheikhpour, Elnaz ID 1
Nourian, Akram ID 2
Dehghan Mongabadi5, Hossein ID 3
Hashemi, Azam ID 4
Sohrevardi, Shamim ID 5
Ghodsi boushehri, Yasaman ID 6

1 Hematology and Oncology Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

2 Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Student Research Committee, Islamic Azad University, Yazd Branch, Yazd, Iran

4 Hematology and Oncology Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

5 School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

6 Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

doi
10.18502/ijpho.v13i1.11627
چکیده

Background: The efficacy of echinacea products to treat upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) has been shown in some studies, however, there are few studies considering the efficacy of echinacea to prevent URTI. Therefore this study aimed to assess the effect of echinacea in the prevention of URTI in these children. ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Echinacea, Upper respiratory infections