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Recurrent optic nerve head infarctions associated with combined factor V Leiden- and factor II:G20210A-mutation.
Acta ophthalmologica Scandinavica - 1 Dec 1999
Cursiefen C, Schönherr U, Schwender S, Grossmann R
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To demonstrate the association of bilateral recurrent optic nerve head infarctions with thrombophilia due to combined factor V:R506Q- and factor II:G20210A-mutation. METHODS: Case report. We examined a 55-year-old man with a two-year history of three segmental optic nerve head infarctions. Visual acuity was 20/80 on the left and 20/25 on the right eye. RESULTS: Ophthalmologic, cardiologic, radiologic,...
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