Is exfoliation syndrome a sign of systemic vascular disease?

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 832-836

  Tarkkanen, Ahti ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aneurysm of the abdominal aorta; Arterial hypertension; Capsular glaucoma; Coronary artery disease; Diabetes mellitus; Exfoliation glaucoma; Exfoliation syndrome; Ischaemic heart disease; Primary open angle glaucoma; Pseudoexfoliation

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATARACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FIBER; GERIATRIC CARE; GLAUCOMA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW;

EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 57449088853     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01464.x     Document Type: Review

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