Different concentrations of amino acids in tears of normal and human dry eyes

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 506 A, Issue , 2002, Pages 617-621

  ChenZhuo, Lucia ^a   Murube, Juan ^a   Latorre, Amparo ^a   Del Río, Rafael Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; SERINE; TAURINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMAL FLUID LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036932642     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_87     Document Type: Conference Paper

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