Reply: progression of retinal artery occlusion in Susac syndrome
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Reply: Progression of retinal artery occlusion in Susac syndrome.
We thank Drs. Yildirim, Kar and Kaya for their interest regarding our paper reporting the uncommon occurrence of central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) in Susac syndrome (SS) and for re-emphasizing the point that we have made in the article that SS should be kept in mind even when a patient presents with CRAO in one eye only. However we would like to point out that their statement “retinal art...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0004-2749
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492013000600018