Kynurenine and neopterin in the aqueous humor of the anterior chamber of the eye and in serum of cataract patients

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 527, Issue , 2003, Pages 367-374

  Laganovska, Guna ^a   Martinsons, Agris ^a   Pitrans, Bronislavs ^a   Widner, Bernhard ^b   Fuchs, Dietmar ^b  

^a RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KYNURENINE; NEOPTERIN; SELENIUM;

AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BLOOD LEVEL; CATARACT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE; HUMAN; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION;

EID: 1042268008     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0135-0_42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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