Visual outcome after antioxidant supplementation

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 645-

  Beatty, Stephen ^a   Nolan, John M ^a   Muldrew, Katherine A ^b   Woodside, Jayne ^b   Stevenson, Michael R ^b   Chakravarthy, Usha ^b  

^a Ireland   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUCONATE COPPER; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ZINC OXIDE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; GLUCONATES; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MIDDLE AGED; TRACE ELEMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITAMIN E; WET MACULAR DEGENERATION; XANTHOPHYLLS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84875201247     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.09.013     Document Type: Letter

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