Prevalence, Age at Diagnosis, Mortality, and Cause of Death in Retinitis Pigmentosa in Korea—A Nationwide Population-based Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 176, Issue , 2017, Pages 157-165

  Na, Kun Hoo ^a   Kim, Hyun Jung ^a   Kim, Kyoung Hoon ^b   Han, Seungjin ^b   Kim, Patrick ^c   Hann, Hoo Jae ^d   Ahn, Hyeong Sik ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE AT DIAGNOSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SUICIDE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85012247032     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2017.01.014     Document Type: Article

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