Relationship between macular degeneration with prevalent heart failure: a cross-sectional population study.

Int J Cardiol

Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address:

Published: March 2015

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