Pseudoexfoliation and Alzheimer's disease: A population-based 30-year follow-up study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 355-358

  Ekström, Curt ^a   Kilander, Lena ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; capsular glaucoma; dementia; epidemiology; exfoliation syndrome; open angle glaucoma; pseudoexfoliation; risk factor

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84901374546     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12184     Document Type: Article

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