Corneal aldehyde dehydrogenase and glutathione S-transferase activity after excimer laser keratectomy in guinea pigs

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 300-302

  Bilgihan, Kamil ^a,b   Bilgihan, Ayse ^a   Hasanreisoǧlu, Berati ^a   Turkozkan, Nurten ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA STROMA; DETOXIFICATION; EXCIMER LASER; GUINEA PIG; KERATECTOMY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE METABOLISM;

EID: 0031976970     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.3.300     Document Type: Article

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