Neuroprotection of the optic nerve in glaucoma

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 364-367

  Caprioli, Joseph ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; AURINTRICARBOXYLIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; FLUNARIZINE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; NIMODIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SCAVENGER; SELEGILINE;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DRUG THERAPY; ETIOLOGY; GENE THERAPY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE GRAFT; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SHORT SURVEY; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0030830310     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00391.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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