Age-related macular degeneration in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-131

  Cheng, C L ^a   Saw, S M ^b   Pang, C E ^a   Chee, C ^a  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Drusen; Dry age related macular degeneration; Exudative age related macular degeneration; Macular degeneration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHINESE; DRUSEN; DRY EYE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK DRUSEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 63449110848     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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