A Color Perimetric Test to Evaluate Macular Pigment Density in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

DEMİREL S., ÖZMERT E., ŞERMET F., Gedik-Oguz Y.

OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE, vol.93, no.6, pp.632-639, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 93 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/opx.0000000000000834
  • Journal Name: OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.632-639
  • Keywords: age-related macular degeneration, color perimetry, macular pigment optic density, short-term repeatability, DIETARY ANTIOXIDANTS, OPTICAL-DENSITY, MACULOPATHY, LUTEIN, RISK, CAROTENOIDS, RETINA, WHITE, ZINC, EYES
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose To evaluate differences in measurements of macular pigment optical density (MPOD) in patients with dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and a group of healthy patients (control group). Short-term repeatability of MPOD measures was also assessed in the control group.