Editorial : Cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and multiple sclerosis: Investigating the truth

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 511-512

  Khan, Omar ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

BRAIN EDEMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DISEASE DURATION; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMODYNAMOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 80053411431     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458511406312     Document Type: Editorial

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