The role of trace elements in psoriatic patients undergoing balneotherapy with Dead Sea bath salt

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 828-832

  Halevy, Sima ^a   Giryes, Hani ^a   Friger, Michael ^a   Grossman, Nili ^a   Karpas, Zeev ^a   Sarov, Batia ^a   Sukenik, Shaul ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balneotherapy; Bath; Dead Sea; Lithium; Manganese; Psoriasis; Salt; Spa; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; SALTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BALNEOTHERAPY;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM; BORON; BROMIDE; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BALNEOLOGY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANS AND SEAS; PSORIASIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN ABSORPTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0035696890     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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