Age-related macular degeneration is associated with increased vascular endothelial growth factor, hemorheology and endothelial dysfunction

Ophthalmology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 705-710

  Lip, Peck Lin ^a,b   Blann, Andrew D ^a   Hope Ross, Monique ^b   Gibson, Jonathan M ^b   Lip, Gregory Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PLASMA VISCOSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; THROMBOGENESIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0035087499     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(00)00663-1     Document Type: Article

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