Outcome assessment of spa rehabilitation in ankylosing spondylitis

Dušan Mustur

doi:10.2298/VSP210331059M

Dušan Mustur University of Montenegro, Faculty of Medicine, Podgorica, Montenegro

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/VSP210331059M

Keywords: health resorts, physical and rehabilitation medicine, spondylitis, ankylosing, treatment outcome

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