Funding CCSVI research is/was a waste of valuable time, money and intellectual energy: No

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 858-860

  Zivadinov, Robert ^a,b   Weinstock Guttman, Bianca ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b JACOBS NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FATIGUE; FUNDING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDER; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 84878363934     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458513480252     Document Type: Article

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