Treatment of acute occlusion of the retinal artery by LDL-apheresis

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-92

  Moriarty, Patrick M ^a   Whittaker, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; LDL apheresis; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEPREDNISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AMNESIA; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PARESTHESIA; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; SHEAR RATE; SYMPTOM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION;

EID: 24744434399     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.20051     Document Type: Article

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