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  • Retinal Artery Occlusion May Increase Risk for ACS Patients with retinal artery occlusion (RAO) may be at increased risk for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), new research from Taiwan suggests.
  • ECTRIMS Retinal Thinning Parallels Neurodegeneration in MS Changes in the retina measured with optical coherence tomography correlate closely with brain atrophy and may be used as a reliable assessment of neurodegeneration, a new longitudinal study suggests.
 

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