Treatment of acute central retinal artery occlusion with the platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitor tirofiban [2]

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 684-686

  Hölschermann, Hans ^a   Krombach, Cathrin ^a   Jung, Anette ^a   Jacobi, Felix ^a   Tillmanns, Harald ^a   Weinand, Frank ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; TIROFIBAN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 24944523346     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/th05-03-0684     Document Type: Letter

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