Visually disabling non-traumatic orbital hemorrhage in an anticoagulated patient with factor VII deficiency

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-77

  Younger, Jared R ^a   McHenry, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7 DEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BLINDNESS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLINDNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTOR VII DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 33646830141     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wno.0000204664.71677.57     Document Type: Letter

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