ZINC AS A TREATMENT FOR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION

Authors
OLSON RJ DEBRY P
Citation
Rj. Olson et P. Debry, ZINC AS A TREATMENT FOR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION, The Journal of trace elements in experimental medicine, 11(2-3), 1998, pp. 137-145
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,"Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
The Journal of trace elements in experimental medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
0896548X
Volume
11
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
137 - 145
Database
ISI
SICI code
0896-548X(1998)11:2-3<137:ZAATFA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Evidence continues to increase that antioxidants are an important fact or in the progress and development of age-related macular degeneration . While zinc supplementation fits nicely in this thesis as a mineral c o-factor of vital antioxidant enzymes, the clinical evidence for oral zinc supplementation is mixed and presently inconclusive. J. Trace Ele m. Exp. Med. 11:137-145, 1998. (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss,Inc.