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Table 5 Complimentary/alternative medicine use and patient self-reported response

From: Natural history, prognostic factors and patient perceived response to treatment in chronic spontaneous urticaria

Complimentary/alternative practitioner

Patients reporting having used therapy n = 72 (%)

Patients reporting response to treatment (%)

Acupuncture

5 (7)

1 (20)

Naturopath

15 (21)

4 (27)

Traditional Chinese medicine

7 (10)

2 (29)