Fatty acids and retinopathy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 1970-1971

  Chew, Emily Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CELECOXIB; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LIPOXYGENASE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; VASCULOTROPIN; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ZILEUTON;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EYE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA;

EID: 79956214436     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr1101606     Document Type: Article

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