Exploring the Combination and Modular Characteristics of Herbs for Alopecia Treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine: An Association Rule Mining and Network Analysis Study

    July 2018 in “ BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine ”
    Jungtae Leem, Won-Mo Jung, Yohwan Kim … Kyuseok Kim
    Studysummary This study used association rule mining and network analysis to identify frequently combined herb sets for treating alopecia from 56 articles, highlighting the potential of Polygonum multiflorum, Angelica sinensis, and Ligusticum chuanxiong in traditional medicine and suggesting further bioinformatics research to understand their efficacy.
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