Guideline-adherent aspirin use in individuals with age-related macular degeneration

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1033-1034

  Ramaswamy, Shankar G ^a   Greenberg, Paul B ^a   Krzystolik, Magdalena G ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

AGED; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

AGED; ASPIRIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879180071     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12284     Document Type: Letter

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