title: [Radon within therapeutic strategies of ankylosing spondylitis].
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.
authors.affiliation: Rheumaambulanz & Rheumalabor, Klinische Abteilung für Allgemeine Innere Medizin, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. manfred.herold@i-med.ac.at
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herold
authors.forename: Gudrun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lind-Albrecht
mesh_terms: D001452:Balneology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006294:Health Resorts; D006801:Humans; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011886:Radon / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000532:radiotherapy*
chemical_list: D011886:Radon