High total TGF-β2 levels in normal human tears

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 341-343

  Kokawa, Noriko ^a   Sotozono, Chie ^a   Nishida, Kohji ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active TGF 2; ELISA; Human tears; Total TGF 2

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029873784     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689609007630     Document Type: Article

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