Association between classic cardiovascular risk factors and age-related maculopathy (ARM): Results of the baseline examination of the Münster Aging and Retina Study (MARS);Assoziation zwischen klassischen kardiovaskulären Risikofaktoren und altersabhängiger Makulopathie (ARM): Ergebnisse der Basisuntersuchung der Münsteraner Altern- und Retina-Studie (MARS)

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1057-1063

  Dasch, B ^a   Fuhs, A ^a   Meister, A ^a,b   Behrens, T ^a   Krause, K ^c   Pauleikhoff, D ^b   Hense, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ST FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c Fachhochschule Aalen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration (AMD); Age related maculopathy (ARM); Cardiovascular risk factors; Epidemiology; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

EID: 27744591080     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-005-1225-3     Document Type: Article

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