Racial difference in the prevalence of epiretinal membrane between Caucasians and Asians

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1320-1324

  Kawasaki, R ^a   Wang, J J ^a,b   Mitchell, P ^b   Aung, T ^c,d,e   Saw, S M ^c,e   Wong, T Y ^a,c,d,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g Singapore Malay Eye Study Group

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINA ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETINAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 53649089304     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.144626     Document Type: Article

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