American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 146, Issue 4 , Pages 620-624 , October 2008

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Retinal Arteriolar Emboli: The Singapore Malay Eye Study

  • Ning Cheung

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Lyndell Lim

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Jie Jin Wang

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • Centre for Vision Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • F.M. Amirul Islam

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Paul Mitchell

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Vision Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Seang Mei Saw

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
    • Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
    • ,
  • Tin Aung

      Affiliations

    • Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
    • ,
  • Tien Y. Wong

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to Tien Y. Wong, Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, 32 Gisborne Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia

,Accepted 22 May 2008.

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PII: S0002-9394(08)00419-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.05.033

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 146, Issue 4 , Pages 620-624 , October 2008

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