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Response to comment: Multicenter study of the European Assessment Group for Lysis in the Eye (EAGLE-Group) for the treatment of central retinal artery occlusion: design issues and implications. EAGLE study report no. 1

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    Nicolas Feltgen, Dieter Schmidt & Martin Schumacher

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Feltgen, N., Schmidt, D. & Schumacher, M. Response to comment: Multicenter study of the European Assessment Group for Lysis in the Eye (EAGLE-Group) for the treatment of central retinal artery occlusion: design issues and implications. EAGLE study report no. 1. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 245, 467–470 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-006-0488-y

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