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The role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration.

S. Beatty, H. Koh, M. Phil, D. Henson, M. Boulton

2000.9.1SURVEY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

DOI: 10.1016/s0039-6257(00)00140-5

tlooto Summary

The concept that AMD can be attributed to cumulative oxidative stress is enticing, but remains unproven, and the effect of nutritional antioxidant supplements on the onset and natural course of age-related macular disease is currently being evaluated.

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BEATTY, S., et al. The role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration. SURVEY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, 2000, 45 2: 115–34.