Abnormal retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and macula lutea in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 162-167

  Gao, LiYan ^a   Liu, Ying ^b   Li, XiaoHong ^b   Bai, QuanHao ^b   Liu, Ping ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Dalian Municipal Friendship Hospital   (China)

^c Third People's Hospital of Dalian   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Mild cognitive impairment; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal nerve fiber layer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84918553275     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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