Fractal analysis of the retinal vasculature and chronic kidney disease

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2252-2258

  Sng, Chelvin C A ^a   Sabanayagam, Charumathi ^a   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,b   Liu, Erica ^a   Lim, Su Chi ^d   Hamzah, Haslina ^a   Lee, Jeannette ^a   Tai, E Shyong ^a,c   Wong, Tien Y ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^d ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

chronic kidney disease; retinal vascular network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; IMAGE PROCESSING; KIDNEY DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA ARTERY;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRACTALS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 77954322299     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq007     Document Type: Article

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