The controversy of CCSVI and iron in multiple sclerosis: Is ferritin the key?

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1581-1582

  Van Rensburg, Susan J ^a   Van Toorn, Ronald ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; IRON; MYELIN;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON TRANSPORT; LEG; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDEROSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 78349270885     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181fb44f0     Document Type: Editorial

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