Benefits of early awareness in age-related macular degeneration

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2271-

  Woo, J H ^a   Sanjay, S ^a,b   Au Eong, K G ^a,c,d  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Jurong Medical Centre Singapore   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Singapore International Eye Cataract Retina Centre   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATARACT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

AWARENESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 72749123768     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.4     Document Type: Letter

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