Increased growth factor activity in the aqueous humour of patients with exfoliation syndrome

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 238, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 491-495

  Koliakos, George G ^a   Konstas, Anastasios G P ^b   Triantos, Athanasios ^a   Ritch, Robert ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ALBUMIN; GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD EYE BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0033937288     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007889     Document Type: Article

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