Retinal vascular calibers and risk of late-life depression: The rotterdam study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 452-455

  Ikram, M Kamran ^a,b,c   Luijendijk, Hendrika J ^a,d   Hofman, Albert ^a   De Jong, Paulus T V M ^a,e,f   Breteler, Monique M B ^a   Vingerling, Johannes R ^a,b   Tiemeier, Henning ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Departments of Ophthalmology   (Netherlands)

^c Departments of Neurology   (Netherlands)

^d PARNASSIA BAVO GROEP   (Netherlands)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Depression; Epidemiology; Retinal microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77951686029     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181d69250     Document Type: Article

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