Functional effect of Saffron supplementation and risk genotypes in early age-related macular degeneration: A preliminary report

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Marangoni, Dario ^a,c   Falsini, Benedetto ^a   Piccardi, Marco ^a   Ambrosio, Lucia ^b   Minnella, Angelo M ^a   Savastano, Maria C ^a   Bisti, Silvia ^c   Maccarone, Rita ^c   Fadda, Antonello ^d   Mello, Enrica ^a   Concolino, Paola ^a   Capoluongo, Ettore ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Electroretinography; Gene polymorphism; Saffron

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; GENOMIC DNA; NATURAL PRODUCT; SAFFRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE RELATED MACULOPATHY SUSCEPTIBILITY 2 GENE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H GENE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MACULAR SENSITIVITY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; CROCUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84884963753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-11-228     Document Type: Article

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