Occurrence of birefringent retinal inclusions in cynomolgus monkeys after high doses of canthaxanthin

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 741-752

  Goralczyk, Regina ^a   Buser, Susanne ^a   Bausch, Jochen ^a   Bee, Walter ^b   Zühlke, Ulrich ^b   Barker, Felix M ^c  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^b Corning Hazleton GmbH ^*  (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

canthaxanthin; carotenoid; electroretinography; monkey; retina

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; PHENORO;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE FUNDUS; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION;

ANIMALS; CANTHAXANTHIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0030935617     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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