Rethinking A2E

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5543-

  Theodore Smith, R ^a   Bernstein, Paul S ^b   Curcio, Christine A ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISRETINOID A2E; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA;

AGING; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINOIDS;

EID: 84882797525     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12798     Document Type: Editorial

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