Article
[Age-related maculopathy. Comparative studies of patients, their children and healthy controls].
Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft - 1 Feb 2000
Schweitzer D, Lang G E, Remsch H, Beuermann B, Hammer M, Thamm E, Spraul C W, Lang G K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate prospectively whether there are differences in spectrometrically measurable parameters of the fundus between patients with early and late age-related maculopathy (ARM), the children of the ARM patients (F1 generation) and normals. METHOD: Using the "Jenaer Imaging Spectrometer", retinal oxygen saturation, xanthophyll, and intrinsic fluorescence were measured; the...
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