Improvement of retinal function in early age-related macular degeneration after Lutein and zeaxanthin supplementation: A randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled trial

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 625-634.e1

  Ma, Le ^a   Dou, Hong Liang ^b   Huang, Yang Mu ^a   Lu, Xin Rong ^b   Xu, Xian Rong ^a   Qian, Fang ^b   Zou, Zhi Yong ^a   Pang, Hong Lei ^b   Dong, Peng Cheng ^a   Xiao, Xin ^a   Wang, Xun ^a   Sun, Ting Ting ^a   Lin, Xiao Ming ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE;

EID: 84866431629     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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