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01-01-2019 | Research Letter to the Editor

Sulphurous mud-bath therapy for treatment of chronic low back pain caused by lumbar spine osteoarthritis

Authors: Maria Costantino, Valeria Conti, Graziamaria Corbi, Francesco Marongiu, Mariagrazia Bathilde Marongiu, Amelia Filippelli

Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Issue 1/2019

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Title: Sulphurous mud-bath therapy for treatment of chronic low back pain caused by lumbar spine osteoarthritis
Authors: Maria Costantino
Valeria Conti
Graziamaria Corbi
Francesco Marongiu
Mariagrazia Bathilde Marongiu
Amelia Filippelli
Publication date: 01-01-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-018-1967-y

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