Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:59 AM
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CCSVI in Multiple Sclerosis
Some results from the first 13 cadavers were presented during a platform session at ECTRIMS by Case Western University medical student Claudiu Diaconu. He confirmed that venous structures in the brain and brainstem appear to be far more complicated and variable than previously thought. In fact, the postmortem study revealed the presence of a novel venous valve that had not been described in anatomy textbooks. Medical News: ECTRIMS: Little Support Found for Vascular MS Theory - in Meeting Coverage, ECTRIMS frwww.medpagetoday.com AMSTERDAM -- Of a dozen studies presented here on the chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) theory of multiple sclerosis, most failed to find any support for it.
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