Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in elderly caucasians: The tromso eye study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1737-1743

  Erke, Maja G ^a,b   Bertelsen, Geir ^a,b   Peto, Tunde ^c   Sjolie, Anne K ^d   Lindekleiv, Haakon ^b   Njolstad, Inger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUSEN; EXUDATIVE MACULAR DEGENERATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; NORWAY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINAL DRUSEN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84865688511     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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