Early Retinal Vascular Abnormalities in African-American Cocaine Users

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Leung, Ivan Y F ^a   Lai, Shenghan ^b   Ren, Shiquan ^b   Kempen, John ^c   Klein, Ronald ^d   Tso, Mark O M ^a,e   Lai, Hong C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CITY; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA VEIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51649099206     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.05.037     Document Type: Article

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