Can vitamin A be improved to prevent blindness due to age-related macular degeneration, stargardt disease and other retinal dystrophies?

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 854, Issue , 2016, Pages 355-361

  Saad, Leonide ^a   Washington, Ilyas ^b  

^a Alkeus Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

A2E; ABCA4; Age related macular degeneration; ALK 001; AMD; Bisretinoids; C20 D3 vitamin A; Lipofuscin; Retinal dystrophies; Retinaldehyde; Stargardt; Visual cycle; Vitamin A; Vitamin A dimer

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; BETA CAROTENE; DEUTERIUM VITAMIN A; LIPOFUSCIN; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DEUTERIUM; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; EMIXUSTAT; PROPANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN;

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BLINDNESS; CARBON HYDROGEN BOND; CHEMICAL BOND; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DIMERIZATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DYSTROPHY; STARGARDT DISEASE; VITAMIN INTAKE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPLICATION; CONFORMATION; DRUG EFFECTS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; RETINAL DYSTROPHIES;

BLINDNESS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEUTERIUM; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENYL ETHERS; PROPANOLAMINES; RETINAL DYSTROPHIES; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS;

EID: 84943339757     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17121-0_47     Document Type: Chapter

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