Central retinal venous occlusion with co-existent thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and antiphospholipid syndrome [12]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 658-659

  Murphy, P T ^a,b   Rao, P ^a  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; DNA ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KAOLIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; VIPER VENOM;

ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTHRALGIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYOPRECIPITATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE FUNDUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; IRIS RUBEOSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; MALAISE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PHLEBITIS; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037732577     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.5.658     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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