Corneal arcus: Indicator for severity of coronary atherosclerosis?

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 184-187

  Hoogerbrugge, Nicoline ^a   Happee, Caroline ^a   Van Domburg, Ron ^a   Poldermans, Don ^a   Van Den Brand, Marcel J B M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiography; Atherosclerosis; Corneal arcus; Serum lipids

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARCUS SENILIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032822241     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-2977(99)00054-6     Document Type: Article

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