title: Effect of age and other factors on macular pigment optical density measured with resonance Raman spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Sumiyoshi, 2-12-12, Naka-ku, Hamamatus City, Sizuoka, 430-8558, Japan, obana@sis.seirei.or.jp.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Obana
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gohto
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanito
authors.forename: Shigetoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gellermann
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohira
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014975:Lutein / Q000378:metabolism*; D065348:Macular Pigment / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D019591:Pseudophakia / Q000378:metabolism*; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D065146:Zeaxanthins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D065348:Macular Pigment; D065146:Zeaxanthins; D014975:Lutein