Treatment of acute central retinal artery occlusion with the platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitor tirofiban

Thromb Haemost 2005; 94(03): 684-685
DOI: 10.1160/TH05-03-0684

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Hans Hölschermann

¹Department of Internal Medicine

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Cathrin Krombach

¹Department of Internal Medicine

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Anette Jung

²Department of Ophthalomology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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Felix Jacobi

²Department of Ophthalomology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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Harald Tillmanns

¹Department of Internal Medicine

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Frank Weinand

²Department of Ophthalomology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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