Retinal arteriolar emboli: Epidemiology and risk of stroke

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 142-146

  Tien, Yin Wong ^a   Klein, Ronald ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIOLES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036092120     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200206000-00002     Document Type: Review

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