Nitric oxide synthase in the human glaucomatous optic nerve head

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 497-503

  Neufeld, Arthur H ^a   Hemandez, Rosario ^a   Gonzalez, Miricmi ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0030971499     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100150499009     Document Type: Article

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