Plasma fibrinogen levels, other cardiovascular risk factors, and age- related maculopathy: The blue mountains eye study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 583-587

  Smith, Wayne ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^b,c   Leeder, Stephen R ^b   Wang, Jie Jin ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0031710850     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.5.583     Document Type: Article

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