Chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) and multiple sclerosis

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-21

  Ghezzi, A ^a,d   Comi, G ^b   Federico, A ^c  

^a Ospedale di Gallarate   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c President of Italian Society of Neurology   (Italy)

^d Azienda Ospedaliera S Antonio Abate di Gallarate   (Italy)

Author keywords

CCSVI; Doppler sonography; Extracranial venous stenosis; MRI; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; IRON TRANSPORT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

CEREBRUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SPINAL CORD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 79551590477     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-010-0458-3     Document Type: Review

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