Ethnic differences in retinal microvascular structure

Diabetologia

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1719-1722

  Tillin, T ^a   Evans, R M ^a   Witt, N W ^a   Sharp, P S ^b   McKeigue, P M ^c   Chaturvedi, N ^a   Hughes, A D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Diabetes; Ethnicity; Microcirculation; Retina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA IMAGE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARIBBEAN REGION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 49249087212     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-008-1096-7     Document Type: Article

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