ALZHEİMER HASTALIĞINDA BİLİŞSEL FONKSİYONLARDA İYİLEŞMEYE KATKI SAĞLAR. (1)
PARKİNSON HASTALIĞINDA MOTOR SİNİR KORUMASINDA VE HAFIZANIN İYİLEŞMESİNE KATKI SAĞLAR. (2)
YAŞA BAĞLI MAKULA HASTALIĞINDA RETİNAL HÜCRE ÖLÜMÜNÜ AZALTMADA, RETİNAL HÜCRELERİN KENDİSİNİ YENİLEMESİNE, GÖRME FONKSİYONUNUN SABİT KALMASINA KATKI SAĞLAR. (3,4,5)
GLOKOM HASTALARINDA DİREKT GÖZ İÇİ BASINCANI AZALTMAYA, RETİNAL HÜCRE ÖLÜMÜNÜ AZALTMAYA VE RETİNAL HÜCRELERİ KORUMAYA KATKI SAĞLAR. (6,7,8)
ŞEKER HASTALARINDA DİREKT KAN ŞEKER DÜZEYİNİ DÜŞÜRMEYE, SİNİR HÜCRELERİNİ OKSİDATİF HASARA KARŞI KORUMAYA VE SARI NOKTA ÖDEMİNİ AZALTARAK GÖRME FONKSİYONUNU ARTTIRMAYA KATKI SAĞLAR. (9,10)
ŞEKERE BAĞLI GELİŞEN GÖZ İÇİ ZAR OLUŞUMU, GÖZ İÇİ KANAMA VE SİNİR YIRTIKLARINI AZALTMAYA KATKI SAĞLAR. (11,12)
RETİNİTİS PİGMENTOSA DENEN GECE KÖRLÜĞÜ HASTALIĞINDA SİNİR ÖLÜMÜNÜ, SİNİR DEJENERASYONUNU AZALTMAYA VE SİNİR HÜCRELERİNİ KORUMAYA KATKI SAĞLAR. (13,14,15)
MİYOPİ DENEN REFRAKSİYON BOZUKLUĞUNDA SFERİK DEĞİŞİMİ AZALTMADA VE GÖZÜN ÖN-ARKA UZUNLUĞUNUN ARTMAMASINDA KATKI SAĞLAR. (16)
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