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Efficacy of Diacetate Esters of Macular Carotenoids: Effect of Supplementation on Macular Pigment

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2018
The accumulation of the carotenoids lutein, zeaxanthin, and mesozeaxanthin in the center of the human retina, and known as the macula lutea or macular pigment, is believed to protect the retina from age-related macular degeneration.
Richard A. Bone, John T. Landrum, Anirbaan Mukherjee   +2 more
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Chloroquine-induced bull's eye maculopathy [PDF]

, 2005
We report the case of a 51-year-old woman who presented with bilateral progressive deterioration in vision after taking chloroquine for severe rheumatoid arthritis for 10 years.
Lai, WW, Lam, DSC
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Avaliação da espessura da camada de fibras nervosas da retina e mácula em pacientes com ambliopia Thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer, macular thickness, in patients with amblyopia

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, 2010
OBJETIVO: Avaliar a espessura da camada de fibras nervosas da retina em olhos amblíopes e comparar com olhos normais e certificar se há correlação com a redução da acuidade visual.
Juliana Mitre, Ana Laura de Araújo Moura, Halim Fares Neto, Renata Ramos Verri, Jose Ricardo Carvalho Lima Rehder   +4 more
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Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography–Based Evaluation of Foveal Avascular Zone and Macular Vessel Density in Prediabetic Patients

Eurasian Journal of Medicine
Background: To assess macular layer thickness, macular vessel density, and foveal avascular zone (FAZ) parameters in prediabetic patients compared with healthy normoglycemic controls using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). Methods: Thirty
Bahadır Utlu, Elif Sedanur Utlu, Emine Çinici, Hasan Akgöz, Kemal Bayrakçeken, Betül Dertsiz Kozan   +5 more
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Omega 3 fatty acids for preventing or slowing the progression of age-related macular degeneration. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Evidence from animal models and observational studies in humans has suggested that there is an inverse relationship between dietary intake of omega 3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) and risk of developing age-related macular ...
Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 Research Group, Anonymous, Arnold, Bunce, Burdge, Chew, Chong, Christen, Evans, Evans, Feher, García-Layana, Glanville, Hodge, Hodge, Hooper, Huang, Johnson, Kishan, Klein, Koto, Lawrenson, Lawrenson, Lim, Owen, Rudnicka, SanGiovanni, Scorolli, Souied, Tan, Tuo, Ziegler   +31 more
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Maculopatia viteliforme polimorfa exudativa aguda: um relato de caso

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia
Resumo A maculopatia viteliforme polimorfa exsudativa aguda é um distúrbio retiniano extremamente raro, que tem sido considerado como uma forma de retinopatia paraneoplásica, encontrada em pacientes com um tumor primário subjacente.
Geórgia de Freitas Neves, André Luís Carvalho de Moura Bastos   +1 more
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Alzheimer's Disease: a Review of its Visual System Neuropathology. Optical Coherence Tomography-a Potential Role As a Study Tool in Vivo [PDF]

, 2016
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a prevalent, long-term progressive degenerative disorder with great social impact. It is currently thought that, in addition to neurodegeneration, vascular changes also play a role in the pathophysiology of the disease. Visual
A Burns, A Kesler, A. Castanheira-Dinis, A. Dias-Santos, AA Sadun, AM Herro, B Katz, BT Hyman, BV Zlokovic, C Murgatroyd, C Paquet, C. Louro, CS Tsai, CY Cheung, CY Cheung, CYL Cheung, D Liu, DP Perl, DR Hinton, E Couser, E Iseki, E Marziani, EG Stopa, EO Oktem, ES Garcia-Martin, F Berisha, FJ Ascaso, FM Chapman, G Coppola, G Katsutoshi, G Leuba, GM McKhann, GM Sawa, HA Bayhan, HV Danesh-Meyer, HW Querfurth, J Keller, J Parvizi, J. Ferreira, J. P. Cunha, JC Blanks, JC Blanks, JM Buren Van, JM Larrosa, JV Drobny, KL Thomson, L Guo, LY Gao, LYL Chang, M Bulut, M Gharbiya, M Koronyo-Hamaoui, M Rizzo, MH Dehabadi, MM Moschos, MP Bambo, N. Moura-Coelho, P Jindahra, P Jindahra, PA Williams, PK Iseri, R Kromer, R Tzekov, R. P. Proença, RA Sperling, RC Petersen, RM Beatty, RO Kuljis, RS Ramrattan, S Frost, S Kirbas, S Mrejen, T Moreno-Ramos, TD Bird, TR Hedges, V Parisi, V Polo, W Choi, WA Fletcher, X-F He, Y Lu, Y Tsai, Y-T Ong   +82 more
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Paracentral acute middle maculopathy in patient with atherosclerosis and angioplasty with stents in the coronary artery

Einstein (São Paulo)
Sophisticated imaging systems have helped to redefine the clinical presentation of acute macular neuroretinopathy and have markedly enhanced diagnostic sensitivity.
Diogo Gonçalves dos Santos Martins, Ever Ernesto Caso Rodriguez, Yandely Chihuantito Choquechambi, Thiago Gonçalves dos Santos Martins   +3 more
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Macular Pigment and Visual Function in Patients With Glaucoma: The San Diego Macular Pigment Study. [PDF]

, 2018
PurposeAlthough recent studies have shown that macular pigment (MP) is significantly lower in glaucoma patients, this relationship merits further investigation.MethodsThis cross-sectional study included 85 glaucoma patients and 22 controls.
Daga, Fábio B, Medeiros, Felipe A, Moran, Rachel, Morris, Jeffrey, Nolan, John M, Ogata, Nara G, Weinreb, Robert N, Zangwill, Linda M   +7 more
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Evaluation of the simultaneous production of lutein and lipids using a vertical alveolar panel bioreactor for three Chlorella species  [PDF]

, 2014
The concept of a biorefinery improves the economic efficiency of a biofuel production process from microalgae by recovering high value added compounds. Lutein is a carotenoid currently extracted from petals of Tagetes erecta with an established market in
Araya, Blanca, Chamy, Rolando, Gouveia, Luisa, Nobre, Beatriz P., Poirrier, Paola, Reis, Alberto   +5 more
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