The aqueous levels of TGF-β2 in patients with glaucoma

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-22

  Ozcan, Altan Atakan ^a   Ozdemir, Nusret ^a   Canataroglu, Abdullah ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Open angle glaucoma; Transforming growth factor 2

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; RANK SUM TEST; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

EID: 1842425818     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:INTE.0000018524.48581.79     Document Type: Article

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