Macular pigment optical density relates to foveal thickness

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 836-841

  van ver Veen, Rob L P ^a   Ostendorf, Saskia ^a   Hendrikse, Fred ^a   Berendschot, Tos T J M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Macula; Optical coherence tomography; Pigment; Retina; Thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL DENSITY; OPTOMETRY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA;

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

EID: 70549113045     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210901900524     Document Type: Article

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