Evidence against the Involvement of Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Abnormalities in Multiple Sclerosis. A Case-Control Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Rodger, Ian W ^a   Dilar, Dorothy ^b   Dwyer, Janet ^b   Bienenstock, John ^a   Coret, Andu ^b   Coret Simon, Judith ^b   Foster, Gary ^d   Franchetto, Arlene ^b   Franic, Slobodan ^b   Goldsmith, Charles H ^g   Koff, David ^a   Konyer, Norman B ^f   Levine, Mitchell ^a   McDonald, Ellen ^c   Noseworthy, Michael D ^a,f   Paulseth, John ^a   Ribeiro, Luciana ^b   Sayles, Mary Jane ^e   Thabane, Lehana ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c Clinical Research   (Canada)

^d Biostatistics Unit   (Canada)

^e St Joseph's Healthcare   (Canada)

^f Imaging Research Centre   (Canada)

^g SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREVALENCE; VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VERTEBRAL VEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SPINAL CORD; SUPINE POSITION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881535186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072495     Document Type: Article

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