Retinal microvascular network attenuation in Alzheimer's disease

Cerebral small‐vessel disease has been implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The retinal microvasculature enables the noninvasive visualization and evaluation of the systemic microcirculation. We evaluated retinal microvascular parameters in a case‐control study of AD patients and cognitively normal controls.

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