Foveal cone photopigment distribution: Small alterations associated with macular pigment distribution

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2394-2404

  Elsner, Ann E ^a,d   Burns, Stephen A ^a   Beausencourt, Eva ^a,b   Weiter, John J ^a,c  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c Retina Specialists of Boston   (United States)

^d SERI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGING; CONES (RETINA); DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

EID: 0031732739     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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