Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in old persons: Age, gene/environment susceptibility Reykjavik study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 825-830

  Jonasson, Fridbert ^a,b   Arnarsson, Arsaell ^c   Eirksdottir, Gudny ^d   Harris, Tamara B ^e   Launer, Lenore J ^e   Meuer, Stacy M ^f   Klein, Barbara E ^f   Klein, Ronald ^f   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^b,d   Cotch, Mary Frances ^g  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^d ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^e Demography and Biometry   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; ICELAND; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETINAL DRUSEN; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

EID: 79955623054     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.08.044     Document Type: Article

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