Are retinal examinations useful in assessing cardiovascular risk?

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 847-

  McGeechan, Kevin ^a   Liew, Gerald ^b   Wong, Tien Y ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA EXAMINATION; RETINOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RETINAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47749153049     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2008.201     Document Type: Letter

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