Risk factors for CCSVI are similar to risk factors for developing MS, study shows
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 18:00
in Health & Medicine
The first study to investigate risk factors for the vascular condition called CCSVI (chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency) in volunteers without neurological disease has identified what the researchers call a remarkable similarity between this condition and possible or confirmed risk factors for multiple sclerosis (MS).