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I didn't get it yet; so 92% is not significant for our esteemed researchers at AUB and MSS???
From the MSSociety's Website:
Dr. B. Yamout and colleagues at the American University of Beirut reported in a poster (Abstract P663) a study using selective extracranial venous angiography in 42 people with MS of varying duration of disease; no controls were noted. Stenosis (narrowing) of at least one vein was detected 24% of people classified as having early MS, and in 92% of those classified as having late MS, with 7%, all in the late MS group, having two veins blocked. They report that disease duration was the strongest predictor of stenosis.
But they conclude:
In conclusion, this study showed that extracranial venous stenosis is a late manifestation in multiple sclerosis and unlikely to induce a state of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency since only a minority of patients has a single venous stenosis early in the disease. It is more likely to be a secondary phenomenon, possibly present in other neurological diseases, reflecting chronic brain disease and atrophy.
hmmm... I was never good at Math or science at school, count me nuts, but I see the significance and importance of CCSVI in the MS disease pathology. But that's just me...
