Simple and objective method for routine detection of the macular pigment xanthophyll
Open Access
- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- Published by SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng in Journal of Biomedical Optics
- Vol. 15 (6) , 061714-10
Abstract
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading source for legal blindness in the elderly population in the western world.1 Despite intensive research, its molecular pathophysiology remains inadequately understood.2 It is commonly assumed that the accumulation of lipofuscin in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and the formation of drusen at Bruch's membrane play an important role in the development of AMD.Keywords
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