Daytime levels of melatonin in patients with age-related macular degeneration

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-93

  Schmid Kubista, Katharina E ^a   Glittenberg, Carl G ^a   Cezanne, Melanie ^b   Holzmann, Klaus ^c   Neumaier Ammerer, Beatrix ^a   Binder, Susanne ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Antioxidant; Circadian rhythm; Melatonin; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOPHAKIA; SEASONS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 58849137855     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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