Prevalence of early and late age-related macular degeneration in India: The INDEYE study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 701-707

  Krishnan, Tiruvengada ^a   Ravindran, Ravilla D ^a   Murthy, Gudlavalleti V S ^b   Vashist, Praveen ^b   Fitzpatrick, Kathryn E ^c   Duraisami Thulasiraj, R ^d   John, Neena ^b   Maraini, Giovanni ^e   Camparini, Monica ^e   Chakravarthy, Usha ^f   Fletcher, Astrid E ^c  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77449101293     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4114     Document Type: Article

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