Age-related antioxidant capacity of the vitreous and its possible relationship with simultaneous changes in photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium and Bruchs' membrane in human donors' eyes

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 371-377

  Berra, Alejandro ^a   Ferreira, Sandra ^a   Stanga, Paulo ^b   Llesuy, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Chemiluminescence; Lipid peroxidation; Lipofuscin; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; LIPOFUSCIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DONOR; EYE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; LIGHT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0036125579     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(02)00013-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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