Interocular agreement in melanin and macular pigment optical density

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 934-938

  Kanis, Martijn J ^a   Berendschot, Tos T J M ^b   van Norren, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

foveal reflection analyzer; interocular agreement; macular pigment; melanin; reflectometry; retinal thickness

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICS; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 34247093842     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2007.01.020     Document Type: Article

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