ω-3 Intake and visual acuity in patients with retinitis pigmentosa receiving vitamin A

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 707-711

  Berson, Eliot L ^a   Rosner, Bernard ^a   Sandberg, Michael A ^a   Weigel DiFranco, Carol ^a   Willett, Walter C ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; RETINOL PALMITATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VITAMIN A; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862209164     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.2580     Document Type: Article

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