Methodology of the VECAT study: Vitamin E intervention in cataract and age-related maculopathy
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers in Ophthalmic Epidemiology
- Vol. 6 (3) , 195-208
- https://doi.org/10.1076/opep.6.3.195.1500
Abstract
Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in the world today, while age-related macular degeneration is responsible for the majority of new cases of visual impairment in the Western world. There i...Keywords
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