Prevalence and associations of epiretinal membranes in Latinos: The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1732-1736

  Fraser Bell, Samantha ^a   Ying Lai, Mei ^a   Klein, Ronald ^b   Varma, Rohit ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINA DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 3042677874     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-1295     Document Type: Article

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