Association between neovascular age-related macular degeneration and dementia: A population-based case-control study in Taiwan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Chung, Shiu Dong ^a   Lee, Cha Ze ^b   Kao, Li Ting ^c   Lin, Herng Ching ^a,d   Tsai, Ming Chieh ^d,e   Sheu, Jau Jiuan ^a,f  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; URBANIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 84924207417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120003     Document Type: Article

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