Sex hormones and their receptors in patients with age-related cataract

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-77

  Zhang, Xiao Hong ^a   Sun, Hui Min ^b   Ji, Jian ^b   Zhang, Hong ^b   Ma, Wen Jiang ^b   Jin, Zhi ^b   Yuan, Jia Qin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS CAPSULE; LENS EPITHELIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0037254478     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(02)01436-0     Document Type: Article

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