Retinal microvascular abnormalities and cognitive decline: The ARIC 14-year follow-up study

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 862-868

  Lesage, S R ^a,i   Mosley, T H ^b   Wong, T Y ^c   Szklo, M ^d   Knopman, D ^e   Catellier, D J ^f   Cole, S R ^f   Klein, R ^g   Coresh, J ^d   Coker, L H ^h   Sharrett, A R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^f IL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA MICROVASCULAR DISEASE; RETINOPATHY; WORD RECOGNITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349581619     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181b78436     Document Type: Article

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