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Text: Twenty-seven patients with nonadvanced AMD and visual acuity > or = 0. 2 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution were enrolled and randomly divided into 2 age-similar groups : 15 patients had oral supplementation of vitamin C (180 mg), vitamin E (30 mg), zinc (22. 5 mg), copper (1 mg), lutein (10 mg), zeaxanthin (1 mg), and astaxanthin (4 mg) (AZYR SIFI, Catania, Italy) daily for 12 months (treated AMD [T-AMD] group ; mean age, 69. 4 + / -4. 31 years ; 15 eyes) ; 12 patients had no dietary supplementation during the same period (nontreated AMD [NT-AMD] group ; mean age, 69. 7 + / -6. 23 years ; 12 eyes).