The Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Asians. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 921-927

  Kawasaki, Ryo ^a,b   Yasuda, Miho ^c   Song, Su Jeong ^d   Chen, Shih Jen ^e   Jonas, Jost B ^f   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,g   Mitchell, Paul ^g   Wong, Tien Y ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPAN; POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; SOUTH KOREA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77951622411     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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