Evaluation of blood flow and the cross-sectional area of internal jugular vein in Japanese multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica patients

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 430-432

  Tanaka, Masami ^a   Uchizumi, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Keiko ^b  

^a UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI); Demyelination; Multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitis optica

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMYELINATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EVALUATION; EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; STENOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN OCCLUSION; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 79959983440     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.51.430     Document Type: Article

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