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Increased Burden of Vision Impairment and Eye Diseases in Persons with Chronic Kidney Disease — A Population-Based Study

BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been shown to be associated with diabetic retinopathy (DR) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), leading causes of blindness in elderly adults in previous studies. However, the association of CKD with visual impairment (VI) is not clear. We aimed to...

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Autores principales: Wong, Chee Wai, Lamoureux, Ecosse L., Cheng, Ching-Yu, Cheung, Gemmy Chui Ming, Tai, E. Shyong, Wong, Tien Y., Sabanayagam, Charumathi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4816758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27077127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.01.023