Hyperbaric therapy of multiple sclerosis
Pallotta, R.
Minerva Medica 73(42): 2947-2954
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4806 PMID: 7133505 Document Number: 182804
After a review of theories on the aetiopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis and the theoretical basis of present day therapy of the disease, the known results of general hyperbaric oxygen treatment are listed. A detailed description of the therapeutic action of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HOT) in multiple sclerosis and the biological theory behind the treatment follows. Finally the results obtained on 1000 patients treated in the 1977-81 period are reported.