Can the combination of localized "proliferative therapy" with "minor ozonated autohemotherapy" restore the natural healing process?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 752-759

  Gracer, R I ^a   Bocci, V ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIDOCAINE; MORRHUATE SODIUM; OXYGEN; OZONE; PHENOL;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEGENERATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEALING; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INJECTION; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT DISEASE; LOCAL THERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NERVE; NEUROLYSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; OZONATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE THERAPY; SHOCK; SPINE DISEASE; TENDON; THORACIC SPINE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IRRITANTS; JOINT DISEASES; OZONE;

EID: 22544468829     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.04.021     Document Type: Article

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