Ocular Fundus Photography as a Tool to Study Stroke and Dementia

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 481-490

  Cheung, Carol Y ^a,b,d   Chen, Christopher ^b,c   Wong, Tien Y ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

dementia; ocular fundus photography; retina; retinal vascular changes; small vessel diseases; stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KNOWLEDGE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINOPATHY; WHITE MATTER LESION; CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE;

CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASES; DEMENTIA; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINAL VESSELS; STROKE;

EID: 84943269290     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: 10989021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1563570     Document Type: Article

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