Central Retinal Vein Occlusion and Diabetes Mellitus

Ahmad M Mansour; Joseph B Walsh; Paul Henkind

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1646068

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1987; 58(04): 1088
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646068

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Central Retinal Vein Occlusion and Diabetes Mellitus

Authors

Ahmad M Mansour

Department of Ophthalmology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
Joseph B Walsh

Department of Ophthalmology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
Paul Henkind

Department of Ophthalmology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA

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