Methods for evaluation of retinal microvascular abnormalities associated with hypertension/sclerosis in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2269-2280

  Hubbard, Larry D ^a   Brothers, Rosemary J ^a   King, William N ^a   Clegg, Limin X ^b   Klein, Ronald ^a   Cooper, Lawton S ^c   Sharrett, A Richey ^c   Davis, Matthew D ^a   Cai, Jianwen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033503919     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90525-0     Document Type: Article

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