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Serum cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate levels after balneotherapy and physical therapy in patients with fibromyalgia

Esra A. Semiz, Sami Hizmetli, Murat Semiz, Ahmet Karadağ, Merve Adalı, Mehmet S. Tuncay, Bulent Alim, Emrullah Hayta and Ali U. Uslu
Saudi Medical Journal May 2016, 37 (5) 544-550; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.5.15032
Esra A. Semiz
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Semiz E, Hizmetli, Karadağ, Adalı, Tuncay, Hayta) Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, the Department of Psychiatry (Semiz M), Sivas State Hospital, Sivas, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Uslu), Eskisehir Military Hospital, Eskisehir, Turkey
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Sami Hizmetli
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Semiz E, Hizmetli, Karadağ, Adalı, Tuncay, Hayta) Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, the Department of Psychiatry (Semiz M), Sivas State Hospital, Sivas, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Uslu), Eskisehir Military Hospital, Eskisehir, Turkey
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Murat Semiz
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Semiz E, Hizmetli, Karadağ, Adalı, Tuncay, Hayta) Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, the Department of Psychiatry (Semiz M), Sivas State Hospital, Sivas, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Uslu), Eskisehir Military Hospital, Eskisehir, Turkey
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Ahmet Karadağ
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Semiz E, Hizmetli, Karadağ, Adalı, Tuncay, Hayta) Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, the Department of Psychiatry (Semiz M), Sivas State Hospital, Sivas, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Uslu), Eskisehir Military Hospital, Eskisehir, Turkey
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Merve Adalı
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Semiz E, Hizmetli, Karadağ, Adalı, Tuncay, Hayta) Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, the Department of Psychiatry (Semiz M), Sivas State Hospital, Sivas, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Uslu), Eskisehir Military Hospital, Eskisehir, Turkey
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Mehmet S. Tuncay
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Bulent Alim
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Ali U. Uslu
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vol. 37 no. 5 544-550
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.5.15032
PubMed 
27146618

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received December 10, 2015
  • Accepted February 25, 2016
  • Published online May 1, 2016.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Esra A. Semiz, MD,
  2. Sami Hizmetli, MD,
  3. Murat Semiz, MD,
  4. Ahmet Karadağ, MD,
  5. Merve Adalı, MD,
  6. Mehmet S. Tuncay, MD,
  7. Bulent Alim, MD,
  8. Emrullah Hayta, MD and
  9. Ali U. Uslu, MD⇑
  1. From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Semiz E, Hizmetli, Karadağ, Adalı, Tuncay, Hayta) Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, the Department of Psychiatry (Semiz M), Sivas State Hospital, Sivas, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Uslu), Eskisehir Military Hospital, Eskisehir, Turkey
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ali U. Uslu, Department of Internal Medicine, Eskisehir Military Hospital, Eskisehir, Turkey. E-mail: drauuslu{at}gmail.com
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Saudi Medical Journal May 2016, 37 (5) 544-550; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2016.5.15032
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