Prevalence of age-related maculopathy at two points in time in an elderly British population

Eye

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 301-314

  Dickinson, A J ^a   Sparrow, J M ^b   Duke, A M ^b   Thompson, J R ^c   Gibson, J M ^d   Rosenthal, A R ^c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Prevalence; Wisconsin grading

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUSEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PREVALENCE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY;

EID: 0030763659     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1997.66     Document Type: Article

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