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Du-Moxibustion in a Mouse Model of Ankylosing Spondylitis
Published on: October 27, 2023
[Radon within therapeutic strategies of ankylosing spondylitis]
Manfred Herold1, Gudrun Lind-Albrecht
1Rheumaambulanz & Rheumalabor, Klinische Abteilung für Allgemeine Innere Medizin, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. manfred.herold@i-med.ac.at
Abstract:
For more than fifty years patients with rheumatic diseases have been treated in the thermal gallery of Bad Gastein, main indication is ankylosing spondylitis. Experiences of this kind of spa treatment on several hundred patients and randomised controlled clinical trials document the positive treatment effect of spa therapy with Radon which lasts for up to 40 weeks.
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