Background The role of the extracranial venous system in the pathology of central nervous
system (CNS) disorders and aging is largely unknown. It is acknowledged that the …

Background Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has recently been
introduced as a chronic state of impaired cerebral or cervical venous drainage that may be …

Objective To monitor the venous volumes in plaques of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS)
compared to an age-matched control group over a period of 3.5 years. Methods Ten MS …

The dominant hypothesis in multiple sclerosis is that it is an autoimmune disease; however,
there is considerable evidence that the immune attack on myelin may be secondary to a …

Abstract Last January The Lancet published the article by Traboulsee et al. Prevalence of
extracranial venous narrowing on catheter venography in people with multiple sclerosis …

In 1889, Charcot described the results of “suspension therapy” for tabes dorsalis and other
diseases. 1 The procedure entailed suspending patients from a harness attached to their …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common chronic autoimmune inflammatory
demyelinating and neurodegenerative disorder of the CNS that may cause substantial long …