Prevalence and Risk Factors of Retinal Arteriolar Emboli: The Singapore Malay Eye Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 620-624

  Cheung, Ning ^a   Lim, Lyndell ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,b   Islam, F M Amirul ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^b   Saw, Seang Mei ^c,d   Aung, Tin ^c,d   Wong, Tien Y ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN MALAY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIOLES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; STROKE;

EID: 51649115236     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.05.033     Document Type: Article

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