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Genotype, B-vitamin status, and androgens affect spaceflight-induced ophthalmic changes.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Jan 2016
Zwart Sara R, Gregory Jesse F, Zeisel Steven H, Gibson Charles R, Mader Thomas H, Kinchen Jason M, Ueland Per M, Ploutz-Snyder Robert, Heer Martina A, Smith Scott M
Abstract excerpt
Ophthalmic changes have occurred in a subset of astronauts on International Space Station missions. Visual deterioration is considered the greatest human health risk of spaceflight. Affected astronauts exhibit higher concentrations of 1-carbon metabolites (e.g., homocysteine) before flight. We hy...
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