title: Homocystinuria presenting as central retinal artery occlusion and longstanding thromboembolic disease.
abstract: A case of central retinal artery occlusion in a patient with a 10-year history of unexplained thromboembolic disease due to a secondary hypercoagulable state is presented. Ophthalmological examination led to the final diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: vd Berg
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Verbraak
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Bos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006712:Homocystinuria / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000209:etiology*; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology*