Multiple sclerosis and chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency: The neuroimaging perspective

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 424-427

  Filippi, M ^a   Rocca, M A ^a   Barkhof, F ^b   Bakshi, R ^c   Fazekas, F ^d   Khan, O ^e   Pelletier, D ^f   Rovira, A ^g   Simon, J ^h  

^a Institute of Experimental Neurology   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^h OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 79952807965     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2348     Document Type: Editorial

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