Seasonal variations of acute massive submacular haemorrhage associated with age-related macular degeneration

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1256-1258

  Iguchi, Y ^a   Ito, Y ^a,b   Kikuchi, M ^a   Ishikawa, K ^a   Oshima, H ^a   Yatsuya, H ^a   Terasaki, H ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA HEMORRHAGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33750356963     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.099259     Document Type: Article

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