Increased level of vascular endothelial growth factor in aqueous humor of patients with neovascular glaucoma

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 232-237

  Tripathi, Ramesh C ^a,c   Li, Junping ^a   Tripathi, Brenda J ^a   Chalam, K V ^a   Adamis, Anthony P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Carolina Eye Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BETAXOLOL; CARTEOLOL; DIPIVEFRINE; DORZOLAMIDE; ECOTHIOPATE; LATANOPROST; LEVOBUNOLOL; METIPRANOLOL; PREDNISOLONE; TIMOLOL; VASCULOTROPIN;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CATARACT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GLAUCOMA; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031911115     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)92782-8     Document Type: Article

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