CCSVI and MS: no meaning, no fact.

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Published in Neurol Sci on May 09, 2012

Authors

Claudio Baracchini1, Matteo Atzori, Paolo Gallo

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neuroscience-SSPNRR, Stroke Unit, First Neurology Clinic, University of Padova, via Giustiniani, 5, 35128 Padua, Italy.

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