Prevention of lens damage associated with cigarette smoke exposure in rats by α- tocopherol (vitamin E) treatment

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 537-541

  Avunduk, Avni Murat ^a   Yardimci, Serdar ^b   Avunduk, Mustafa Cihat ^c   Kurnaz, Levent ^d   Aydin, Ahmet ^d   Koçkar, M Cem ^e   Delibaşi, Tuncay ^f   Dayanir, Volkan ^g  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d School of Medicine   (Turkey)

^e ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^f Air Force Hospital   (Turkey)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE PROTECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENS CAPSULE; LENS EPITHELIUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CALCIUM; EPITHELIUM; IRON; LENS DISEASES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SMOKING; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0032922284     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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