Age-related macular degeneration and the risk of stroke: The rotterdam study

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2138-2142

  Wieberdink, Renske G ^a   Ho, Lintje ^a   Ikram, M Kamran ^a   Koudstaal, Peter J ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   De Jong, Paulus T V M ^b,c   Vingerling, Johannes R ^a   Breteler, Monique M B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

age related macular degeneration; cerebral infarction; epidemiology; intracerebral hemorrhage; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 79961184828     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.616359     Document Type: Article

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