Aqueous humor uric acid and ascorbic acid concentrations and outcome of trabeculectomy

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-285

  D jampel, Henry ^a,d   Moon, Jung ^a,b   Quigley, Harry A ^a   Barron, Yolanda ^a,b,c   Lam, Kwoh Wai ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031940843     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.3.281     Document Type: Article

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