Is retinal photography useful in the measurement of stroke risk?

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-183

  Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MICROANEURYSM; MICROANGIOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 1242338903     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(04)00682-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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