The Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2): study design and baseline characteristics (AREDS2 report number 1).

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Published in Ophthalmology on July 26, 2012

Authors

AREDS2 Research Group1, Emily Y Chew, Traci Clemons, John Paul SanGiovanni, Ronald Danis, Amitha Domalpally, Wendy McBee, Robert Sperduto, Frederick L Ferris

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Eye Institute/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. echew@nei.nih.gov

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