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Multiple sclerosis

Vascular angioplasty for MS?

Nature Reviews Neurology volume 6, page 184 (2010)Cite this article

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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a degenerative motor disease, commonly thought to be caused by an autoimmune reaction. Now, Paolo Zamboni, a vascular surgeon in Italy, has suggested that constriction in cerebrospinal blood vessels draining the brain may lead to MS, after he identified and treated blockages here in a group of patients with this condition. These results suggest an alternative causal model for MS, possibly leading to new treatment approaches.

...blockages in the cerebrospinal blood vessels draining the brain may lead to MS...

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  1. Zamboni, P. et al. A prospective open-label study of endovascular treatment of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency. J. Vasc. Surg. 50, 1348–1358 (2009)

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Beal, E. Vascular angioplasty for MS?. Nat Rev Neurol 6, 184 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2010.23

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