Multiple sclerosis: CCSVI deconstructed and discarded

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 661-662

  Barkhof, Frederik ^a   Wattjes, Mike P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; LIBERATION THERAPY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGICAL AND SENSORIAL PROCEDURES; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDY DESIGN; VENOUS CONGESTION;

AZYGOS VEIN; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SPINAL CORD; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84890117836     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2013.228     Document Type: Note

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