Microvascular network alterations in the retina of patients with Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 135-142

  Cheung, Carol Yim Lui ^a,b,c   Ong, Yi Ting ^a,b,d   Ikram, M Kamran ^a,b,c,e,f   Ong, Shin Yeu ^a,c   Li, Xiang ^a,b   Hilal, Saima ^e   Catindig, Joseree Ann S ^e   Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy ^e   Yap, Philip ^g   Seow, Dennis ^h   Chen, Christopher P ^e,i   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^h SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

ⁱ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Microcirculation; Retina; Retinal vasculature; Small vessel disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; MICROCIRCULATION; RETINA; RETINAL VASCULATURE; SMALL-VESSEL DISEASE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; RETINOSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84897527738     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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