Non-glaucomatous optic nerve damage and mortality in the Beijing Eye Study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 923-924

  Wang, Ya Xing ^b   Xu, Liang ^a,b   Jonas, Jost B ^a,b,c   Li, Jian Jun ^b   Yang, Hua ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CLINICAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE EXAMINATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; HUMANS; OPTIC NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 57449111701     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2007.01143.x     Document Type: Letter

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