Color Doppler ultrasound investigation of the therapeutic effect of plasmapheresis on a lymphoplasmocytoid lymphoma (immunocytoma): A case of central retinal artery occlusion

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-32

  Vecsei P V ^a   Kircher, K ^a   Egger, S ^a   Bettelheim, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Central retinal artery occlusion; Color Doppler velocity; Plasmapheresis; Waldenstrom's disease

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MACROGLOBULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVISCOSITY SYNDROME; IMMUNOCYTOMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MACROGLOBULINEMIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLASMAPHERESIS; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; WALDENSTROM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 0030035478     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050195     Document Type: Article

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