Associations between plasma levels of vitamins and cataract in the Italian-American Clinical Trial of Nutritional Supplements and age-related cataract (CTNS): CTNS Report #2

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-80

  Ferrigno, L ^a   Aldigeri, R ^b   Rosmini, F ^a   Sperduto, R D ^c   Maraini, Giovanni ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related cataract; Cataract prevalence; Glutathione reductase; Vitamin A; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; RETINOL; VITAMIN B GROUP; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGING; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CATARACT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

EID: 23444457618     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580590932815     Document Type: Article

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