Wednesday, January 9, 2019 8:27 PM
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The Vascular Connection to Multiple Sclerosis
A new study from Chinese neurologists at the Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders examines 43 people with jugular vein stenosis. 95% of them had demyelinating lesions. 92% had reduced cerebral perfusion. These patients came in with complaints of fatigue, dizziness, visual disorders, headache...but not an MS diagnosis. https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0038-1676815?fbclid=IwAR1ZkjTPmKR0jtfGqqOoE1_vz0PXySyuuNjNeEZUMz7hffzcNjQg86Tb1Kw China is leading the way. Here is more on this group's clinical trial treating jugular vein stenosis. By removing an MS diagnosis and CCSVI--this group is simply looking at what happens to the brain when jugular veins are stenosed, and how this can be treated. Over the past couple of years, I have been following a group of Chinese researchers from the Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders. This g...
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