Treatment method for depressive and neurovegetative disorders
US5533527A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 20, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/44
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for treating atypical depressive disorders characterized by reverse Neurovegetative symptoms such as hypersomnia, hyperphagia (with carbohydrate cravings) and fatigue in which a subject is exposed to high density negative ions produced by a high output negative ion generator at a density greater than 5.0.times.10.sup.5 ions/cm.sup.2 for brief periods of about 30 minutes per day for 10-20 successive days with the ions being supplied by a generator positioned close to the subject.
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