Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and thrombophilia

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 247, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 577-581

  Hayreh, Sohan Singh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CENTRAL RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; PATHOGENESIS; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHILIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ARTERITIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 64449084574     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-008-0979-0     Document Type: Editorial

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