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James Coppeto, MD; Simmons Lessell, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1977;95(5):794-797.

Abstract
• A 32-year-old black woman with systemic lupus erythematosus went rapidly blind due to severe bilateral retinal vasculitis. The mechanism appeared to be total arrest of the retinal circulation by thrombosis of most of the retinal vasculature including major arterioles.

(Arch Ophthalmol 95:794-797, 1977)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine (Dr Lessell) and the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Conn (Dr Coppeto).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication November 1, 1976.

Reprint requests to 1906 N Main St, Waterbury, CT 06704 (Dr Coppeto).

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