Changes in Macular Pigment Optical Density and Serum Lutein Concentration in Japanese Subjects Taking Two Different Lutein Supplements

• Akira Obana ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Akira Obana, Masaki Tanito, Yuko Gohto

  * E-mail: obana@sis.seirei.or.jp

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, Department of Medical Spectroscopy, Applied Medical Photonics Laboratory, Medical Photonics Research Center, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

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• Masaki Tanito ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Akira Obana, Masaki Tanito, Yuko Gohto

  Current address: Division of Ophthalmology, Matsue Red Cross Hospital, Matsue, Shimane, Japan

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

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• Yuko Gohto ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Akira Obana, Masaki Tanito, Yuko Gohto

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

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• Shigetoshi Okazaki ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Medical Spectroscopy, Applied Medical Photonics Laboratory, Medical Photonics Research Center, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

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• Werner Gellermann ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

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• Paul S. Bernstein

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

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