The effects of balneotherapy on disease activity, functional status, pulmonary function and quality of life in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-446

  Aydemir, Koray ^a,b   Tok, Fatih ^a,b   Peker, Fatma ^a,b   Safaz, Ismail ^a,b   Taskaynatan, Mehmet Ali ^a,b   Ozgul, Ahmet ^a,b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Department of Microbiology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Balneotherapy; Disease activity; Functional status; Pulmonary function; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; BALNEOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551661864     PISSN: 0303464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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