Prevention of axial elongation in myopia by the trace element zinc

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-47

  Xu, H ^a   Huang, K ^a   Gao, Q ^a   Zhu, Y ^a   Han, X ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Length of axis oculi; Myopia; NO; SOD; Zinc gluconate

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; GLUCONATE ZINC; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC;

A SCAN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHOROID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOPIA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0035072004     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:79:1:39     Document Type: Article

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