[PDF][PDF] Analysis of patients with chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency and multiple sclerosis: identification of parameters of clinical severity

S Mandolesi, A d'Alessandro, MM Ciccone… - Veins and …, 2015 - academia.edu
The aims of this study were: i) analysis of clinical severity evolution in multiple sclerosis
patients; ii) identification of temporal indicators for clinical worsening. We investigated by …

Funding CCSVI research is/was a waste of valuable time, money and intellectual energy: yes

A Ghezzi - Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
In the case of CCSVI, all of these criteria are either not, or only partially, fulfilled: 5 a) the
discrepancy of results is against criterion 1; b) the lack of reproducibility against criterion 2 …

Clinical correlates of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis

B Weinstock-Guttman, M Ramanathan, K Marr… - BMC neurology, 2012 - Springer
Background Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) is a vascular condition
characterized by anomalies of the primary veins outside the skull that has been reported to …

Multiple sclerosis and chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency: a critical review

AM Awad, E Marder, R Milo… - Therapeutic Advances in …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) was recently proposed as a
contributing factor in the pathology of multiple sclerosis. This concept has gained …

Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and multiple sclerosis: science or science fiction?

O Khan, A Tselis - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2011 - jnnp.bmj.com
In 2009, this journal published a manuscript by Zamboni et al that proposed a major
paradigm shift in the pathophysiology and consequently the treatment of multiple sclerosis …

Patient-reported benefits of extracranial venous therapy: British Columbia CCSVI Registry

AD Sadovnick, IM Yee, K Attwell-Pope… - Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Objective Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has been hypothesized to be
a risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS). Venoplasty has been proposed as a treatment for …

Perspectives from the patient and the healthcare professional in multiple sclerosis: social media and participatory medicine

D Kantor, JR Bright, J Burtchell - Neurology and therapy, 2018 - Springer
When faced with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS), patients often turn to the Internet and
social media to find support groups, read about the experiences of other people affected by …

Combating the spread of ineffective medical procedures: a lesson learned from multiple sclerosis

AJ Green, H Kamel, SA Josephson - JAMA neurology, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
The Information Age has had a staggering effect on the spread and democratization of
knowledge. The increased availability of cutting-edge data has accelerated the speed of …

[HTML][HTML] A precision medicine tool for patients with multiple sclerosis (the open MS BioScreen): human-centered design and development

E Schleimer, J Pearce, A Barnecut, W Rowles… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - jmir.org
Background Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) face several challenges in accessing
clinical tools to help them monitor, understand, and make meaningful decisions about their …

Shortcomings of rapid clinical information dissemination: lessons from a pandemic

KHV Lau, P Anand - Neurology: Clinical Practice, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to an acceleration of clinical
information dissemination to unprecedented speeds, a phenomenon only partially explained …