… (CCSVI). The authors analyzed the five ultrasonographic criteria, four extracranial and one
intracranial, suggested for the diagnosis of CCSVI in multiple sclerosis (MS)… proposed CCSVI …

… contradictory statements on the significance of CCSVI (that meanwhile has become “the
chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency syndrome”) [20] and on the necessity of “liberating” …

… Our aim was to assess the prevalence of CCSVI in Danish MS patients using sonography
and compare these findings with MRI measures of venous flow and morphology. …

… With established reproducibility of venous ultrasound testing, our data argue against
CCSVI as the underlying mechanism of MS. Without further independent validation of …

… investigating the association of CCSVI and MS. The majority of independent investigators
failed to reproduce the initially reported high prevalence rates of CCSVI in MS. The prevalence …

… Our findings indicate that CCSVI is not a late secondary phenomenon of MS and is not …
committee of the European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics; has received …

… The lack of association of MS with CCSVI in our population is in … CCSVI was not significantly
different in MS patients versus non-… The European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral …

CCSVI and MS: a statement from the European Society of … Society of Neurosonology and
Cerebral Hemodynamics (… of the proposed criteria for CCSVI in MS. Therefore, any potentially …

… CCSVI was not associated with MS itself, nor its severity. We cannot rule out the possibility
that CCSVI is a consequence of MS or of aging. Blinding of sonographers is a key point in …

… Moreover, based on the assumption that CCSVI plays a causative role in MS, they conducted
a small trial performing percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of extracranial veins in a …