Decreased carotenoid content in preaponeurotic orbital fat of patients with involutional ptosis

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-51

  Ahmadi, A J ^a   Saari, John C ^a   Mozaffarian, Dariush ^c,d   Garwin, Greg G ^a   Tarbet, Kristin J ^a   Orcutt, James C ^a,b   Hargiss, James L ^a   Sires, Bryan S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ADULT; AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLEPHAROPLASTY; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORBIT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 13244271894     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.IOP.0000151275.88977.84     Document Type: Article

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