[Hyperbaric therapy of multiple sclerosis].
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.
D000328:Adult; D002199:Capillary Permeability / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006487:Hemostasis / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000628:therapy*; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000628:therapy; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000187:drug effects; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000187:drug effects; D010100:Oxygen / Q000627:therapeutic use
D010100:Oxygen
La terapia iperbarica della sclerosi multipla.