Acta Med. 2012, 55: 133-137

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2015.51

The Effect of Mud-Bath Therapy on Bone Status in Rats During Adjuvant Subchronic Arthritis

Helena Živnáa, Ljiljana Maricb, Iveta Gradošováa, Klára Švejkovskáa, Soňa Hubenác, Pavel Živnýc

aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic: Radioisotope Laboratories and Vivarium
bSpa Bohdanec, Czech Republic
cCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic: Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Diagnostics

Received September 26, 2011
Accepted September 18, 2012

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