Screening for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) using ultrasound - Recommendations for a protocol

International Angiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 571-597

  Zamboni, P ^a   Morovic, S ^a,b   Menegatti, E ^a   Viselner, G ^c   Nicolaides, A N ^d   Neuhardt, D ^e   Griffin, M B ^e   Setacci, C ^e   Cavezzi, A ^e   Lee, B B ^e   Thibault, P ^e   Andreozzi, G ^e   Al Omari, M ^e   Bastianello, S ^e   Beggs, C B ^e   Cecconi, P ^e   Demarin, V ^e   Franceschi, C ^e   Galassi, A ^e   Haacke, E M ^e   Lagace, A ^e   Liasis, N ^e   Ludyga, T ^e   Lugli, M ^e   Maleti, O ^e   Mancini, M ^e   Marinoni, M ^e   Marr, K ^e   McDonald, S ^e   Morrison, N ^e   Salvi, F ^e   Sclafani, S ^e   Scuderi, A ^e   Shepherd, S ^e   Simka, M ^e   Stella, A ^e   Zivadinov, R ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Centre Nicosia   (Cyprus)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Constriction, pathologic; Ultrasonography; Venous insufficiency

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING; TRAINING;

AZYGOS VEIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MASS SCREENING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84863011337     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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