Cataract surgery and the risk of aging macula disorder: The Rotterdam study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4795-4800

  Ho, Lintje ^a   Boekhoorn, Sharmila S ^a   Liana, ^b   Van Duijn, Cornelia M ^a   Uitterlinden, André G ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   De Jong, Paulus T V M ^a,c,d   Stijnen, Theo ^a,e   Vingerling, Johannes R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; HISTIDINE; TYROSINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLIT LAMP; SMOKING; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; CATARACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56149084604     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2066     Document Type: Article

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