Retinal vein occlusion: a venous complication in an “arterial” patient?

Thromb Haemost 2005; 93(06): 1013
DOI: 10.1160/TH05-04-0293

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Schattauer GmbH

Susana S. Meschengieser

¹Departamento de Hemostasia y Trombosis, Instituto de Investigaciones Hematológicas, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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