Associations between primary open angle glaucoma, Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia: Record linkage study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 524-527

  Keenan, Tiarnan D L ^a,b   Goldacre, Raph ^c   Goldacre, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84925382554     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2014-305863     Document Type: Article

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