Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in Spain

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 931-936

  Casaroli Marano, Ricardo ^a,j   Piñero, Antonio ^b   Adan, Alfredo ^a   Castro, Joaquin ^c   Armada, Félix ^d   Cervera, Enrique ^e   Llopis, Manuel Diaz ^e   Abreu, Pedro ^f   Esteban, Eduardo ^g   Arias, Luis ^h   Fernández Arias, Isabel ⁱ   Kim, Hae Kyung ⁱ   Ferna, I ^j   Acebes, X ^j   Acosta, B ^j   Bahaya, Y ^j   Barrios, M ^j   Blazquez A ^j   Bueno, R ^j   Bures, A ^j   Carnota, P ^j   Castanos A ^j   Cubillas, M ^j   Degollada, N ^j   Fernandez, C ^j   Fuste C ^j   Garcia P ^j   Gil, M A ^j   Graell, X ^j   Granados, M ^j   Guerra, P ^j   Hernadez A ^j   Kalitovics, N ^j   Llorente Gonzalez S ^j   Mesa, J C ^j   Jose, J ^j   Mone, A ^j   Montero, J ^j   Nadal, E ^j   Navarro, M ^j   Ortiz, J V ^j   Ortiz, S ^j   Otxoa, I ^j   Pereira, E ^j   Perez, J R ^j   Planas, N ^j   Prades, S ^j   Rodriguez, E ^j   Rosal, F ^j   Ruiz, A ^j   Sanchez A ^j   Udaondo, P ^j   Vargas, J C ^j   Villota, E ^j   Zarallo, J ^j   more..

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

ⁱ PFIZER INC   (United States)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE RELATED RETINA MACULOPATHY; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79959348804     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.187773     Document Type: Article

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