The spatial profile of macular pigments is related to the topological characteristics of the foveal avascular zone

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 7859-7865

  Balaratnasingam, Chandrakumar ^a,b   Chae, Bora ^c   Remmer, Meredith H ^c   Gomez, Erasmo ^a   Suzuki, Mihoko ^a,b   Engelbert, Michael ^a,b,c   Spaide, Richard F ^a,b  

^a VITREOUS RETINA MACULA CONSULTANTS OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Fovea; Foveal avascular zone; Macular pigment; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; B SCAN; CONFOCAL SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EYE FUNDUS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; RETINA MACULA LUTEA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; FUNDUS OCULI; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR PIGMENT; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84950341373     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-17532     Document Type: Article

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