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Neurological picture
Monocular visual loss and platelet fibrin embolism to the retina
  1. CHRISTINE A C WIJMAN,
  2. VIKEN L BABIKIAN
  1. Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
  1. Dr C A C Wijman, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
  1. IPPOLIT C A MATJUCHA
  1. Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
  1. Dr C A C Wijman, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.68.3.386

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