Fractal dimension of the retinal vasculature and risk of stroke: A nested case-control study

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 1766-1767

  Kawasaki, R ^a,b   Che Azemin, M Z ^c   Kumar, D K ^c   Tan, A G ^d   Liew, G ^d   Wong, T Y ^a,e   Mitchell, P ^d   Wang, J J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

EID: 79957467860     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31821a7d7d     Document Type: Article

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