Retinal microvascular network attenuation in Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 229-235

  Williams, Michael A ^a   McGowan, Amy J ^a   Cardwell, Chris R ^a   Cheung, Carol Y ^b,c   Craig, David ^d   Passmore, Peter ^a   Silvestri, Giuliana ^a   Maxwell, Alexander P ^a   McKay, Gareth J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d CRAIGAVON AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938692945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23528729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dadm.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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