Correlation between age-related macular degeneration and pseudoexfoliation syndrome in the population of Crete (Greece)

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 664-669

  Kozobolis, Vassilios P ^a   Detorakis, Efstathios T ^a   Tsilimbaris, Miltiadis K ^a   Vlachonikolis, Loannis G ^a   Tsambarlakis, Loannis C ^b   Palliharis, Loannis G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Vardinoyannion Eye Inst of Crete   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY;

EID: 0032890794     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.117.5.664     Document Type: Article

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