Sudden onset blindness in sickle cell disease due to retinal artery occlusion

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 624-627

  Liem, Robert I ^a   Calamaras, Diane M ^a   Chhabra, Manpreet S ^a   Files, Beatrice ^b   Minniti, Caterina P ^c   Thompson, Alexis A ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Hematology/Oncology   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Macular ischemia; Retinal artery occlusion; Sickle cell disease; Sudden blindness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLINDNESS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFARCTION; ISCHEMIA; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; OXYGEN; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; THROMBOPHILIA; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 38549172074     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21152     Document Type: Article

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