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. 2015 Apr 3;9:591–600. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S80714

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Thrombophilia in 74 patients with ocular arterial occlusion (23 with central retinal artery occlusion, 32 with amaurosis fugax, and 19 with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy) compared to 110 healthy normal controls without ocular venous or arterial thrombi.

Notes: The seven thrombophilias included FVL, PTG, free protein S, homocysteine, factor VIII, factor XI, and ACLA IgM. ¹Central retinal thrombosis (n=23), amaurosis fugax (n=32) and nonarteritic anterior isochemic optic neuropathy (n=19).

Abbreviations: FVL, factor V Leiden; PTG, prothrombin gene; free S, free protein S; ACLA IgM, anticardiolipin antibody immunoglobulin M.