CCSVI and MS: A statement from the European Society of neurosonology and cerebral hemodynamics

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2585-2589

  Baracchini, Claudio ^a   Valdueza, Jose M ^b   Del Sette, Massimo ^c   Baltgaile, Galina ^d   Bartels, Eva ^e   Bornstein, Natan M ^f   Klingelhoefer, Juergen ^g   Molina, Carlos ^h   Niederkorn, Kurt ⁱ   Siebler, Mario ^j   Sturzenegger, Matthias ^k   Ringelstein, Bernd E ^l   Russell, David ^e   Csiba, Laszlo ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Segeberger Kliniken   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^e Center for Neurological Vascular Diagnostics   (Germany)

^f Ichilov Medical Center   (Israel)

^g Chemnitz Medical Center   (Germany)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^j HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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Author keywords

CCSVI; Multiple sclerosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ERROR; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84872114350     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6541-3     Document Type: Article

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