The distribution of toxic metals in the human retina and optic nerve head: Implications for age-related macular degeneration.
<h4>Objective</h4>Toxic metals are suspected to play a role in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration. However, difficulties in detecting the presence of multiple toxic metals within the intact human retina, and in separating primary metal toxicity from the secondary uptake...
Main Authors: | Roger Pamphlett, Svetlana Cherepanoff, Lay Khoon Too, Stephen Kum Jew, Philip A Doble, David P Bishop |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241054 |
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