Brain hemodynamic changes associated with chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency are not specific to multiple sclerosis and do not increase its severity

Radiology

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 233-239

  Garaci, Francesco G ^a,c   Marziali, Simone ^a   Meschini, Alessandro ^a   Fornari, Maria ^a   Rossi, Silvia ^a,b   Melis, Milena ^a   Fabiano, Sebastiano ^a   Stefanini, Matteo ^a   Simonetti, Giovanni ^a   Centonze, Diego ^a,b   Floris, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEAN TRANSIT TIME; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84866603390     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12112245     Document Type: Article

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