Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in patients with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 392-399

  Zamboni, P ^a   Galeotti, R ^a   Menegatti, E ^a   Malagoni, A M ^a   Tacconi, G ^a   Dall'ara, S ^a   Bartolomei, I ^b   Salvi, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STENOSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN OCCLUSION; VENOUS PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOW; BODY POSTURE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; SUPINE POSITION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; POSTURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINE; SUPINE POSITION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 64749109556     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.157164     Document Type: Article

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