Prevalence and risk factors for epiretinal membranes in a multi-ethnic United States population

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 694-699

  Ng, Ching Hui ^a   Cheung, Ning ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a   Islam, Amirul F M ^a,b   Kawasaki, Ryo ^a   Meuer, Stacy M ^c   Cotch, Mary Frances ^d   Klein, Barbara E K ^c   Klein, Ronald ^c   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953302585     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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