Effects of topical vitamin E on corneal superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase activities and polymorphonuclear leucocyte infiltration after photorefractive keratectomy

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-180

  Bilgihan, Ayse ^a   Bilgihan, Kamil ^a   Yis, Özgür ^a   Sezer, Cem ^a   Akyol, Gülen ^a   Hasanreisoglu, Berati ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Glutathione peroxidase; Photorefractive keratectomy; Polymorphonuclear cell infiltration; Superoxide dismutase; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOLYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KERATECTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CORNEA; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; NEUTROPHILS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RABBITS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0038296140     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2003.00042.x     Document Type: Article

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