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The french MS association ARSEP released today an article on CCSVI (we were looking forward such a statement). This is important because french scientists now pay attention to CCSVI.

Very good news for us in France.

Good evening,

John-the-frog[/code]

Jean, what did ARSEP say about CCSVIandthe liberation treatment?

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Dx SPMS in 2004.  Liberated 29/04/2010.
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The article is there:

http://www.arsep.org/?mod=actualite&ID=173&lang=fr

But it mostly said that all this is preliminary and need testing and blah blah

Well it is preliminary and needs testing, that's true. At least this is much better than the German MS society discarding Zamboni out-of-hand.

I translated it in google and it is more positive and open than most MS societies.

Yes, I read it in French and I would say it was pretty balanced... but is that all they said? Unless MSers in France aren't well connected to the international MS networks, they must be clamoring for testing and treatment. By the way, perhaps I just haven't seen the right thread, but what is the reaction like in Italy? Has Zamboni been canonized yet?

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Dx SPMS in 2004.  Liberated 29/04/2010.
My blog: www.my-darn-ms.blogspot.com

Hi !

Following the ARSEP publication, I wrote an e-mail to a scientist who works for ARSEP.
I asked what was the Arsep plannig to do (specific studies, further research, clinical trials...)

The answer was in brief, that everything as to be controlled, with a call for proposals, a talk with three world experts, an argumented debate, a decision from the ARSEP scientific comity.

Eventhough we feel better since this article has been published, we find Arsep isn't as excited as we (patients) are.

Dr Lubetsky (Pitié-Salpêtrière-Paris) leads the ARSEP scientific board. Her position is quite critical regardingCCSVI.

French patients are active and excited, we have a big hope that MS research is at a turning point.

Oh, Jean, that is so French: an "argumented" debate. Well, it's got the ball rolling anyhow. Could you keep us posted on developments?
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