Double-blind Trial of Linoleate Supplementation of the Diet in Multiple Sclerosis
- 31 March 1973
- Vol. 1 (5856) , 765-768
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.5856.765
Abstract
Seventy-five patients in London and Belfast with multiple sclerosis were given daily supplements of a vegetable oil mixture containing either linoleate or oleate for two years in a double-blind control trial. Relapses tended to be less frequent and were significantly less severe and of shorter duration in the linoleate-supplemented group than in those receiving the oleate mixture, but clear evidence that treatment affected the overall rate of clinical deterioration was not obtained.Keywords
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