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Relationship between macular pigment and visual function in subjects with early age-related macular degeneration

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  • Kwadwo Owusu Akuffo Nutrition Research Centre Ireland, Macular Pigment Research Group, School of Health Sciences, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • John M Nolan Nutrition Research Centre Ireland, Macular Pigment Research Group, School of Health Sciences, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tunde Peto NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jim Stack Nutrition Research Centre Ireland, Macular Pigment Research Group, School of Health Sciences, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Irene Leung NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Laura Corcoran Nutrition Research Centre Ireland, Macular Pigment Research Group, School of Health Sciences, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Stephen Beatty Nutrition Research Centre Ireland, Macular Pigment Research Group, School of Health Sciences, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Kwadwo Owusu Akuffo, Macular Pigment Research Group, Vision Research Centre, Waterford Institute of Technology, West Campus, Carriganore, Waterford X91 K236, Ireland; kakuffo{at}wit.ie
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Akuffo KO, Nolan JM, Peto T, et al
Relationship between macular pigment and visual function in subjects with early age-related macular degeneration
British Journal of Ophthalmology 2017;101:190-197.

Publication history

  • Received January 20, 2016
  • Revised March 11, 2016
  • Accepted March 15, 2016
  • First published April 18, 2016.
Online issue publication 
January 20, 2017

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