Age-related macular degeneration and long-term risk of stroke subtypes

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1681-1683

  Ikram, M Kamran ^a,b,c   Mitchell, Paul ^d   Klein, Ronald ^e   Sharrett, A Rickey ^f   Couper, David J ^g   Wong, Tien Y ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

age related macular degeneration; cerebral infarction; intracerebral hemorrhage; retinal imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; STROKE;

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

EID: 84861609821     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.654632     Document Type: Review

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