Oral Zinc in Macular Degeneration

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 192-198

  Newsome, David A ^a   Swartz, Mano ^b   Leone, Nicholas C ^c  

^a LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ZINC;

EID: 0023851021     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1988.01060130202026     Document Type: Article

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