Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency: Have we found the cause and cure of MS?

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-100

  Fox, Robert J ^a   Rae Grant, Alex ^a  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICOUMAROL;

BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VEIN; CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTERNET; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80051550852     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318212a915     Document Type: Editorial

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