Foveal anatomic associations with the secondary peak and the slope of the macular pigment spatial profile

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1383-1391

  Kirby, Mark L ^a   Galea, Martin ^b   Loane, Edward ^a   Stack, Jim ^a   Beatty, Stephen ^a,b   Nolan, John M ^a  

^a Ireland   (Ireland)

^b WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACULAR PIGMENT; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; CHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MALE; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 62649170725     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2494     Document Type: Article

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