Is early age-related macular degeneration related to carotid artery stiffness? The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 430-433

  Cheung, Ning ^a   Liao, Duanping ^b   Islam, F M Amirul ^a   Klein, Ronald ^c   Jie, Jin Wang ^d   Wong, Tien Yin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 34247274523     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.106054     Document Type: Article

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