Retinal Vessel Signs and 10-Year Incident Age-Related Maculopathy. The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1481-1487

  Liew, Gerald ^a   Kaushik, Shweta ^a   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Tan, Ava G ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUSEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VASCULAR DISEASE; VENULE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINAL VEIN; RISK FACTORS; VENULES;

EID: 33747884279     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.03.051     Document Type: Article

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