Long term effects of lutein, zeaxanthin and omega-3-LCPUFAs supplementation on optical density of macular pigment in AMD patients: The LUTEGA study

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 251, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2711-2723

  Dawczynski, Jens ^a   Jentsch, Susanne ^b   Schweitzer, Dietrich ^b   Hammer, Martin ^b   Lang, Gabriele E ^c   Strobel, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Lutein; Macular pigment; Omega 3 LCPUFAs; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ZINC;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL PIGMENTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITAMIN E; XANTHOPHYLLS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84891484792     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-013-2376-6     Document Type: Article

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