Extracellular glutathione peroxidase and ascorbic acid in aqueous humor and serum of patients operated on for cataract

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-130

  Huang, Wenhu ^a   Koralewska Makár, Anna ^b   Bauer, Birgitta ^b   Åkesson, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; Ascorbic acid; Cataract; Glutathione peroxidase; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATARACT; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG DETERMINATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ASCORBIC ACID; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELENIUM; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0030985349     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(97)06520-0     Document Type: Article

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