Disability caused by multiple sclerosis is associated with the number of extra cranial venous stenoses: Possible improvement by venous angioplasty. Results of a prospective study

Phlebology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 353-360

  Denislic, M ^a   Milosevic, Z ^b   Zorc, M ^a,c   Ravnik, I Zuran D ^a,c   Mendiz, O ^d  

^a Elektro Primorska dd   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Interventional radiology; Multiple sclerosis; Venous pathology

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; AZYGOUS VEIN; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; EXTRACRANIAL VENOUS STENOSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPEN STUDY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTENOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VASODILATATION; VENOUS ANGIOPLASTY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANGIOPLASTY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; VENOUS PATHOLOGY;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84888296245     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2012.012065     Document Type: Article

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