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Title: Increasing Retinal Antioxidant Levels Might Influence Macular Function

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Ophthalmology 2003;110:51-60. "Influence of short-term antioxidant supplementation on macular function in age-related maculopathy. A pilot study including electrophysiologic assessment."
01/20/2003 01:50:28 PM
By Mark Greener

Increasing antioxidant levels in the retina might influence macular function in early age-related maculopathy as well as during normal aging. Researchers from the Universita Cattolica del S Cuore, Rome, Italy, enrolled 30 patients with early age-related maculopathy and a visual acuity of at least 20/30 as well as eight age-matched normal controls. Seventeen patients and four controls received oral lutein 15 mg; vitamin E 20 mg; nicotinamide 18 mg for 180 days. Eight patients with age-related maculopathy took the antioxidants for a further 180 days. The remaining patients and controls did not receive supplements. After 180 days, focal electroretinograms (FERGs) showed increased amplitude compared to baseline in patients and controls that received the antioxidants (p

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