Spatial profile of macular pigment and its relationship to foveal architecture

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2134-2142

  Nolan, John M ^a,c   Stringham, James M ^a,b,c   Beatty, Stephen ^d,e   Snodderly, D Max ^a,f  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^c Ireland   (Ireland)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; THICKNESS; ADOLESCENT; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOMETRY; RETINAL PIGMENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 44649149816     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0933     Document Type: Article

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