Ultrasound findings of the optic nerve and its arterial venous system in multiple sclerosis patients with and without optic neuritis vs. healthy controls

Perspectives in Medicine

Volumn 1-12, Issue 1-12, 2012, Pages 381-384

  Carraro, Nicol ^a   Servillo, Giovanna ^a   Sarraa, Vittoria M ^a   Bignaminib, Angelo ^b   Pizzolato, Gilberto ^a   Zorzon, Marino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound imaging Summary; Ophthalmic venous flow; Optic Nerve atrophy; Optic Neuritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA VEIN; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 84867582931     PISSN: 2211968X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.permed.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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