Asteroid hyalosis in an autopsy population: The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) experience

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 486-490

  Fawzi, Amani A ^a   Vo, Baotran ^a   Kriwanek, Ryan ^a   Ramkumar, Hema L ^a   Cha, Chris ^a   Carts, Amy ^a   Heckenlively, John R ^a   Foos, Robert Y ^b   Glasgow, Ben J ^a,b  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ASTEROID HYALITIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITREOUS BODY;

CALCIUM;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CALCIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 16844382133     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.4.486     Document Type: Review

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