Tear lactoferrin concentration during postoperative ocular inflammation in cataract surgery

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 142-144

  Kumar, Raj ^a   Parmar, I P S ^a   Chhillar, Neelam ^a   Lal, Harbans ^a,b  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

ELISA; Inflammation; Lactoferrin; Tear secretion

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030983366     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00110.x     Document Type: Article

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