Bimodal spatial distribution of macular pigment: Evidence of a gender relationship

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 521-538

  Delori, François C ^a,b   Goger, Douglas G ^a   Keilhauer, Claudia ^c   Salvetti, Paola ^a,b   Staurenghi, Giovanni ^d  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (OPTICAL); FLUORESCENCE; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VISION;

ANATOMICAL DIFFERENCES; BIMODAL SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; FOVEA; MACULAR PIGMENT;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33645403182     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.000521     Document Type: Article

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