CCSVI is associated with multiple sclerosis

S Morovic, P Zamboni - Neurological research, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: To analyze all the arguments against chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency
(CCSVI) as a medical entity, and its association with multiple sclerosis (MS) and to revise all …

CCSVI and MS: no meaning, no fact

C Baracchini, M Atzori, P Gallo - Neurological Sciences, 2013 - Springer
A condition called “chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency”(CCSVI) has been postulated
to play a role in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). This hypothesis implies that a …

Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency is not associated with multiple sclerosis and its severity: a blind-verified study

MA Leone, O Raymkulova, P Naldi, P Lochner… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) has been associated with
multiple sclerosis (MS) with a risk ranging from as high as two-hundred-fold to a protective …

[PDF][PDF] The controversy on chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency

P Zamboni, E Menegatti, S Occhionorelli… - Veins and …, 2013 - academia.edu
The objective of this review is to analyze the actual scientific controversy on chronic
cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) and its association with both neurodegenerative …

Multiple sclerosis and CCSVI: a population-based case control study

F Patti, A Nicoletti, C Leone, S Messina, E D'Amico… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has been associated to
multiple sclerosis (MS). Objective To evaluate the possible association between CCSVI and …

Observational case-control study of the prevalence of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis: results from the CoSMo study

G Comi, MA Battaglia, A Bertolotto… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has been proposed as a
possible cause of multiple sclerosis (MS). Objectives: The CoSMo study evaluated the …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis: a historical perspective

MD Dake, R Zivadinov, EM Haacke - Functional neurology, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) is a term used to describe impaired
venous drainage from the central nervous system (CNS) caused by abnormalities in …

Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and multiple sclerosis: a comprehensive meta-analysis of case–control studies

G Tsivgoulis, TN Sergentanis, A Chan… - Therapeutic …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has recently been
implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). This comprehensive meta-analysis …

Evidence against the involvement of chronic cerebrospinal venous abnormalities in multiple sclerosis. A case-control study

IW Rodger, D Dilar, J Dwyer, J Bienenstock, A Coret… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Objective Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease of the CNS.
Recently a controversial vascular hypothesis for MS, termed chronic cerebrospinal venous …

CCSVI deconstructed and discarded

F Barkhof, MP Wattjes - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2013 - nature.com
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has been proposed as a cause of
multiple sclerosis (MS). However, two new studies found a very low overall prevalence of …