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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, The People’s Hospital of Putuo District, Shanghai, China

    Lin Miao

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

    Zhen-Yong Zhang

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

    Zhi-Qiang Yu

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, the Affiliated Cixi Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, No. 999, Erhuan Road South, Cixi, 315300, Zhejiang Province, China

    Chong-Da Chen

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The authors Lin Miao, Zhen-Yong Zhang, and Zhi-Qiang Yu contributed equally to this paper.

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Miao, L., Zhang, ZY., Yu, ZQ. et al. Macular pigment optical density in aging eye. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 251, 2831–2832 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-013-2453-x

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