A dysbalance between oxidants and antioxidants may play a part in cataractogenesis;REGULATION DER GLUTATHIONSPIEGEL IM VENOSEN PLASMA UND IM KAMMERWASSER BEI CATARACTA SENILIS PROVECTA

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-58

  Stahl, Esther ^a   Buhl, R ^a   Schnaudigel, O ^a   Steinkamp, G ^a   Fries, U ^a   Gumbel H ^a   Ohrloff, C ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

antioxidants; aqueous humor; cataract; glutathione; oxidants

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE;

AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLASMA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CATARACT; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030074833     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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