منابع مشابه
Asteroid hyalosis in an autopsy population: The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) experience.
OBJECTIVES To study the prevalence and associations of asteroid hyalosis (AH) in a series of autopsy eyes. METHODS Retrospective review of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) autopsy eye database from 1965 to 2000 yielded 10,801 patients. The patients' medical histories were reviewed for evidence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, alcohol abuse, hypercalcemia, ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Ophthalmology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0003-9950
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.4.486