Protein oxidation and lens opacity in humans

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2461-2465

  Boscia, F ^a   Grattagliano, I ^a   Vendemiale, G ^a   Micelli Ferrari, T ^a   Altomare, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; LENS PROTEIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MYOPIA; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SENILE CATARACT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CATARACT; CRYSTALLINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0033865459     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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