A new clue to glaucoma pathogenesis

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 697-698

  Chen, Junjian Z ^a   Kadlubar, Fred F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TYROSINE;

ALLELE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; BLINDNESS; DNA DAMAGE; EDITORIAL; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHLEMM CANAL; SCLERA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0037836035     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(03)00199-2     Document Type: Editorial

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