Prevalence and characteristics of choroidal nevi: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2468-2473

  Greenstein, Max B ^a   Myers, Chelsea E ^a   Meuer, Stacy M ^a   Klein, Barbara E K ^a   Cotch, Mary Frances ^b   Wong, Tien Y ^c,d   Klein, Ronald ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPID;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAMERA; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASE; CHOROIDAL NEVUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUSEN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUPIL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; ODDS RATIO; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82755182839     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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