Treatment or leisure? Climate therapy of patients with psoriasis and psoriasis arthritis;Psoriasis og psoriasisartritt - Er sydenopphold behandling eller velferdstilbud?

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-62

  Mørk, Cato ^a   Özek, Mehmet ^b   Wahl, Astrid Klopstad ^c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Borger Bad   (Norway)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLIMATOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LEISURE; MALE; NORWAY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSORIASIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); CLIMATE; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUNLIGHT; TRAVEL;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUNLIGHT; TRAVEL;

EID: 1442359518     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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