Glutathione levels are reduced in diabetic rat retina but are not influenced by ischemia followed by recirculation

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-272

  Agardh, Carl David ^a   Agardh, Elisabet ^b   Qian, Yuning ^b   Hultberg, Björn ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINOPATHY; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 0031910494     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(98)90255-4     Document Type: Article

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