Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis: Clinical correlates from a multicentre study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bastianello, Stefano ^a   Romani, Alfredo ^b   Viselner, Gisela ^a   Tibaldi, Enrico C ^a   Giugni, Elisabetta ^c   Altieri, Marta ^c   Cecconi, Pietro ^d   Mendozzi, Laura ^d   Farina, Massimiliano ^e   Mariani, Donatella ^e   Galassi, Antonio ^f   Quattrini, Claudio ^f   Mancini, Marcello ^g   Bresciamorra, Vincenzo ^g   Lagace, Angela ^h   McDonald, Sandy ^h   Bono, Giorgio ⁱ   Bergamaschi, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f Hospital of Civitanova   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h Barrie Vascular Imaging ^*  (Canada)

ⁱ University of Varese   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SPINAL CORD; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; BRAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; SPINAL CORD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 81455142486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-132     Document Type: Article

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