Retinal signs and 20-year cognitive decline in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Jennifer A Deal1, A Richey Sharrett2, Andreea M Rawlings2

  • 1From the Departments of Epidemiology (J.A.D., A.R.S., A.M.R., R.F.G., E.S.), Neurology (R.F.G., M.A.), Biostatistics (K.B.-R.), and Radiology and Radiological Sciences (B.A.W.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Department of Neurology (D.K.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (B.K., R.K.), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison. jdeal1@jhu.edu.

Neurology
|March 2, 2018
PubMed
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