Ten-year incidence of retinal emboli in an older population

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 908-910

  Cugati, Sudha ^a   Jie, Jin Wang ^a   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Embolism; Epidemiology; Incidence

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RETINA; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645055420     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000204118.87477.46     Document Type: Article

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