Observational case-control study of the prevalence of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis: results from the CoSMo study.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Comi, G; Battaglia, MA; Bertolotto, A; Sette, M Del; Ghezzi, A; Malferrari, G; Salvetti, M; Sormani, MP; Tesio, L; Stolz, E; Zaratin, P; Mancardi, G
- Source
- Multiple Sclerosis Journal. Oct2013, Vol. 19 Issue 11, p1508-1517. 10p. 4 Charts, 1 Graph.
- Subject
- *VENOUS insufficiency
*MULTIPLE sclerosis
*DISEASE prevalence
*NEURODEGENERATION
*DUPLEX ultrasonography
*PATIENTS
- Language
- ISSN
- 1352-4585
The article presents a study on the prevalence of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCVI) in multiple sclerosis (MS). It mentions the comparison of the widespread distribution of the insufficiency between patients with the autoimmune disorder, other neurodegenerative diseases (ONDs) and healthy controls (HCs) through color-coded duplex sonography. It also concludes the dissociation of CCSVI with MS.