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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2016

Links between the Brain and Retina: The Effects of Cigarette Smoking-Induced Age-Related Changes in Alzheimer's Disease and Macular Degeneration.

Sha Sha Yu, Xin Tang, Yuen-Shan Ho, Raymond Chuen-Chung Chang, Kin Chiu

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sha Sha YuLaboratory of Retina Brain Research, Department of Ophthalmology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China; Tianjin Eye Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Xin TangTianjin Eye Hospital , Tianjin , China.
Yuen-Shan HoFaculty of Health and Social Sciences, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hong Kong , China.
Raymond Chuen-Chung ChangLaboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, LKS Faculty of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Kin ChiuLaboratory of Retina Brain Research, Department of Ophthalmology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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age-related macular degenerationAlzheimer-like pathologyamyloid peptidecigarette smokingretina

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PMID27512384
PMCPMC4961692

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