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Overview

Caroline C W Klaver is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a specialized focus on ophthalmology and related subfields.

The scientist's work covers a wide range of topics within ophthalmology, including retinal diseases and treatments, glaucoma and retinal disorders, as well as retinal imaging and analysis. Additional areas of study include ophthalmology and visual impairment studies, corneal surgery and disorders, retinal development and disorders, and retinopathy of prematurity studies.

Frequent publication venues for Caroline C W Klaver include:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Acta Ophthalmologica
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • JAMA Ophthalmology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Age-related macular degeneration, 2021, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • The Complications of Myopia: A Review and Meta-Analysis, 2020, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Objectives, design and main findings until 2020 from the Rotterdam Study, 2020, European Journal of Epidemiology
  • Multitrait analysis of glaucoma identifies new risk loci and enables polygenic prediction of disease susceptibility and progression, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Meta-analysis of 542,934 subjects of European ancestry identifies new genes and mechanisms predisposing to refractive error and myopia, 2020, Nature Genetics

Caroline C W Klaver has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Magda A. Meester-Smoor, Carel B. Hoyng, Virginie J. M. Verhoeven, Wishal D. Ramdas, and Alberta A. H. J. Thiadens.

Their scientific output includes contributions to subfields such as radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, epidemiology, molecular biology, and genetics, with significant publications in ophthalmology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to vision research and related disorders.

Best Publications

  • Causes and prevalence of visual impairment among adults in the United States.

    Nathan Congdon;Benita O'Colmain;Caroline C W Klaver;Ronald Klein

  • A common haplotype in the complement regulatory gene factor H (HF1/CFH) predisposes individuals to age-related macular degeneration

    Gregory S. Hageman;Don H. Anderson;Lincoln V. Johnson;Lisa S. Hancox

  • An international classification and grading system for age-related maculopathy and age-related macular degeneration

    A.C. Bird;N.M. Bressler;S.B. Bressler;I.H. Chisholm

  • A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants

    Lars G. Fritsche;Wilmar Igl;Jessica N.Cooke Bailey;Felix Grassmann

  • Risk factors for age-related macular degeneration : Pooled findings from three continents

    Wayne Smith;Jacqueline Assink;Ronald Klein;Paul Mitchell

  • The Rotterdam Study: Objectives and design update

    Albert Hofman;Guy G. O. Brusselle;Sarwa Darwish Murad;Cornelia M. van Duijn

  • Age-Specific Prevalence and Causes of Blindness and Visual Impairment in an Older Population: The Rotterdam Study

    C.C.W. Klaver;R.C.W. Wolfs;J.R. Vingerling;A. Hofman

  • Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration

    Lars G. Fritsche;Lars G. Fritsche;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Matthew Schu;Brian L. Yaspan

  • Non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosa

    Sanne K. Verbakel;Ramon A.C. van Huet;Camiel J.F. Boon;Anneke I. den Hollander

  • International Photographic Classification and Grading System for Myopic Maculopathy

    Kyoko Ohno-Matsui;Ryo Kawasaki;Jost B. Jonas;Chui Ming Gemmy Cheung

  • GENETIC RISK OF PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA. POPULATION-BASED FAMILIAL AGGREGATION STUDY

    R. C. W. Wolfs;C. C. W. Klaver;R. S. Ramrattan;C. M. Van Duijn

  • Distribution of central corneal thickness and its association with intraocular pressure : The Rotterdam study

    R. C. W. Wolfs;C. C. W. Klaver;J. R. Vingerling;D. E. Grobbee

  • Genetic association of apolipoprotein E with age-related macular degeneration

    Caroline C.W. Klaver;Mike Kliffen;Cornelia M. van Duijn;Albert Hofman

  • Dietary intake of antioxidants and risk of age-related macular degeneration.

    Redmer van Leeuwen;Sharmila Boekhoorn;Johannes R. Vingerling;Jacqueline C. M. Witteman

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia

    Virginie J M Verhoeven;Pirro G Hysi;Robert Wojciechowski;Robert Wojciechowski;Qiao Fan

  • Increasing prevalence of myopia in europe and the impact of education

    Katie M Williams;Geir Bertelsen;Phillippa Cumberland;Christian Wolfram

  • Prevalence of refractive error in Europe: the European Eye Epidemiology (E(3)) Consortium

    Katie M. Williams;Virginie J.M. Verhoeven;Phillippa Cumberland;Geir Bertelsen

  • Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Europe: The Past and the Future

    Johanna M. Colijn;Gabriëlle H.S. Buitendijk;Elena Prokofyeva;Dalila Alves

  • The Complications of Myopia: A Review and Meta-Analysis

    Annechien E. G. Haarman;Clair A. Enthoven;J. Willem L. Tideman;Milly S. Tedja

  • The risk and natural course of age-related maculopathy: follow-up at 6 1/2 years in the Rotterdam study.

    Redmer van Leeuwen;Caroline C. W. Klaver;Johannes R. Vingerling;Albert Hofman

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Paulus T. V. M. de Jong
Paulus T. V. M. de Jong University of Amsterdam
Christopher J. Hammond
Christopher J. Hammond King's College London
Carel B. Hoyng
Carel B. Hoyng Radboud University
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jie Jin Wang
Jie Jin Wang University of Sydney
Pirro G. Hysi
Pirro G. Hysi King's College London
David A. Mackey
David A. Mackey University of Western Australia
Paul Mitchell
Paul Mitchell University of Sydney

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