Retinal microvascular changes and MRI signs of cerebral atrophy in healthy, middle-aged people

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 806-811

  Wong, T Y ^a,b   Mosley Jr , T H ^c   Klein, R ^b   Klein, B E K ^b   Sharrett, A R ^d   Couper, D J ^e   Hubbard, L D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROANEURYSM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINAL PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0141653763     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000086372.05488.8D     Document Type: Article

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