Increased vitamin D serum levels correlate with clinical improvement of rheumatic diseases after Dead Sea climatotherapy

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 212-215

  Harari, Marco ^a   Dramsdahl, Elisabeth ^a   Shany, Shraga ^b   Baumfeld, Yael ^b   Ingber, Arieh ^c   Novack, Victor ^c   Sukenik, Shaul ^b  

^a DMZ MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balneotherapy; Climatotherapy; Dead Sea; Musculoskeletal pain; Rheumatic diseases; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; MINERAL WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLIMATOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEAD SEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUD THERAPY; OCEANIC REGIONS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SUN EXPOSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BALNEOLOGY; CALCIFEDIOL; CLIMATOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANS AND SEAS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 79957619795     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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