Elevated immunoreactive-adrenomedullin levels in the aqueous humor of patients with uveitis and vitreoretinal disorders

Peptides

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1865-1868

  Udono, Tetsuo ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhiro ^a   Abe, Toshiaki ^a   Shibahara, Shigeki ^a   Tamai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Eye; Retina; Retinal detachment; Uveitis; Vitreous

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; GLYCINE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; UVEITIS; VITREORETINOPATHY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES; UVEITIS; VITREORETINOPATHY, PROLIFERATIVE;

EID: 0036806420     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(02)00145-6     Document Type: Article

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