title: Protein S deficiency and bilateral branch retinal artery occlusion.
abstract: A macular branch retinal artery occlusion developed in the right eye of a 25-year-old woman when she was 38 weeks pregnant. She subsequently presented 5 days postpartum with a branch retinal artery occlusion in her left eye. Although her initial work-up did not reveal a source for her occlusions, subsequent studies have documented a deficiency of protein S.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Greven
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Weaver
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Owen
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Slusher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D017293:Protein S; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D017293:Protein S