Thrombolysis for acute central retinal artery occlusion: is it time?

Editorial

Valérie Biousse. Am J Ophthalmol. 2008 Nov.

. 2008 Nov;146(5):631-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.07.025.

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Comment in

Translation of clinical studies to clinical practice: survey on the treatment of central retinal artery occlusion.
Atkins EJ, Bruce BB, Newman NJ, Biousse V. Atkins EJ, et al. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009 Jul;148(1):172-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.03.020. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009. PMID: 19540987 No abstract available.

Intravenous thrombolysis with low-dose recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in central retinal artery occlusion.
Hattenbach LO, Kuhli-Hattenbach C, Scharrer I, Baatz H. Hattenbach LO, et al. Am J Ophthalmol. 2008 Nov;146(5):700-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.06.016. Epub 2008 Aug 21. Am J Ophthalmol. 2008. PMID: 18718570

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