Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and multiple sclerosis: Science or science fiction?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 355-

  Khan, Omar ^a   Tselis, Alexandros ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 79952725470     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.228098     Document Type: Editorial

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