Thursday, April 14, 2011 4:47 AM
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CCSVI in Multiple Sclerosis
A sub-analysis of 10 children with MS who were part of the Buffalo study found half had CCSVI. "Although the sample size was too small to draw any firm conclusions, these results suggest that CCSVI is also present in children and is not the result of aging," said Dr. Ann Yeh, an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Buffalo. Higher CCSVI rates with MS, but findings still unclearwww.ctv.ca A new study suggests that people with multiple sclerosis are more likely to have a narrowing of the veins that restrict normal outflow of blood from the brain, a condition called CCSVI.
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