CCSVI: is blinding the key?
CA Mayer, U Ziemann - European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular …, 2012 - ejves.com
… hypothesis, proof of concept and possible cure for multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2009, 1 e3
many were intrigued by the simplicity of the ‘chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency’(CCSVI) …
many were intrigued by the simplicity of the ‘chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency’(CCSVI) …
Regarding CCSVI: is blinding the key?
P Zamboni, B Weinstock-Guttman… - European Journal of …, 2012 - ejves.com
… findings and doubt the blinded assessment of the reported … We believe that we did not
need to specify how blinding of … in the CCSVI-MS study was performed fully blinded, as are all …
need to specify how blinding of … in the CCSVI-MS study was performed fully blinded, as are all …
Truth is in the eye of the beholder. A critical review of the CCSVI hypothesis
C Mayer, U Ziemann - Current Medical Literature, 2011 - search.proquest.com
… CCSVI hypothesis, this result opposes a key issue of the hypothesis. … CCSVI pattern prevailed
in several blinded trials, leaving interestled investigation, supported by insufficient blinding…
in several blinded trials, leaving interestled investigation, supported by insufficient blinding…
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency is not associated with multiple sclerosis and its severity: a blind-verified study
… that CCSVI is a consequence of MS or of aging. Blinding of sonographers is a key point in
studying CCSVI … a cross-sectional blinded study to evaluate the association of CCSVI with MS, …
studying CCSVI … a cross-sectional blinded study to evaluate the association of CCSVI with MS, …
CCSVI and MS: no meaning, no fact
C Baracchini, M Atzori, P Gallo - Neurological Sciences, 2013 - Springer
… copper homeostasis was suggested to be a key factor in early neuropathological events in
… not meet minimum requirements of scientific accuracy (blinding, sham-operation and control …
… not meet minimum requirements of scientific accuracy (blinding, sham-operation and control …
[PDF][PDF] Screening for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) using ultrasound—recommendations for a protocol
P Zamboni, S Morovic, E Menegatti, G Viselner… - Int …, 2011 - ccsvicampaniaonlus.it
… the endovascular treatment of CCSVI in MS patients outside … CCSVI and MS completely
justifies performance of blinded, … assessors, and/or blinded MR measures. The latter are not …
justifies performance of blinded, … assessors, and/or blinded MR measures. The latter are not …
Media, politics and science policy: MS and evidence from the CCSVI trenches
D Pullman, A Zarzeczny, A Picard - BMC medical ethics, 2013 - Springer
… the lack of consensus around a number of key issues including diagnostic techniques,
whether there is in fact a meaningful association between CCSVI and MS and, if so, what the …
whether there is in fact a meaningful association between CCSVI and MS and, if so, what the …
Caught in a no-win situation: discussions about CCSVI between persons with multiple sclerosis and their neurologists–a qualitative study
SM Driedger, R Maier, RA Marrie, M Brouwers - BMC neurology, 2017 - Springer
… But then in the next breath told me that I’d be blind in a … the same thing that I’d be blind
in a wheelchair. And I never … not done so, our key informants also corroborated that they …
in a wheelchair. And I never … not done so, our key informants also corroborated that they …
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis: diagnostic, pathogenetic, clinical and treatment perspectives
… of the individual CCSVI criteria and the CCSVI diagnosis on … model that can study such
relationships will be the key factor … between CCSVI and MS justifies performance of blinded, …
relationships will be the key factor … between CCSVI and MS justifies performance of blinded, …
Chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) and multiple sclerosis
A Ghezzi, G Comi, A Federico - Neurological Sciences, 2011 - Springer
… for the presence of CCSVI in comparison with normal controls and patients with other
neurological diseases. Studies should be blind and the assessment of CCSVI should be performed …
neurological diseases. Studies should be blind and the assessment of CCSVI should be performed …