Central retinal thickness is positively correlated with macular pigment optical density

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 915-920

  Liew, S H Melissa ^a   Gilbert, Clare E ^b   Spector, Tim D ^a   Mellerio, John ^c   Kuijk, Frederik J Van ^d   Beatty, Stephen ^e   Fitzke, Fred ^f   Marshall, John ^a   Hammond, Christopher J ^a,g  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^e South East Technological University   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g Princess Royal University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lutein, carotenoids; Macular pigment; Retinal thickness; Xanthophylls

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOMETRY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA;

EID: 31644442046     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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