Published March 22, 2013
An article on The 6th Floor, the blog of The New York Times
Magazine, discussed the results of the study by UB researchers
led by neurology professor Robert Zivadinov showing that multiple
sclerosis patients did not improve from the endovascular surgery
designed to correct CCSVI. Zivadinov, who the story reports
presented the results yesterday at the American Academy of
Neurology meeting, said, “We were disappointed and
surprised…It’s very discouraging. We thought it would
go the other way, or else we wouldn’t do the study —
you do the study to try and help the patient.”
Read more:
http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/a-sham-procedure-leads-to-disappointing-m-s-news/
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