Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency Is Not Associated with Multiple Sclerosis and Its Severity: A Blind-Verified Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Leone, Maurizio A ^a,b   Raymkulova, Olga ^a   Naldi, Paola ^a   Lochner, Piergiorgio ^c   Bolamperti, Laura ^a   Coppo, Lorenzo ^a   Stecco, Alessandro ^a   Liboni, William ^d,e  

^a MAGGIORE DELLA CARITÀ HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c F Tappeiner Hospital   (Italy)

^d GRADENIGO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Fondazione Un passo insieme   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84873923497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056031     Document Type: Article

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