Atherosclerotic disease in patients undergoing cataract extraction: A nationwide case-control study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1407-1411

  Street, Debra A ^a   Javitt, Jonathan C ^a,d   Wang, Qin ^a   Tielsch, James M ^b   Canner, Joseph K ^c   Bass, Eric B ^b,c   Steinberg, Earl P ^b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029908468     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100140607014     Document Type: Article

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