Clinical roles of serum autoantibody against neuron-specific enolase in glaucoma patients

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 125-132

  Maruyama, Ikuyo ^b   Ikeda, Yoko ^a   Nakazawa, Mitsuru ^b   Ohguro, Hiroshi ^b  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Glaucoma; Immunoreactivity; Neuron specific enolase (NSE)

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGED; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 18744380641     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.197.125     Document Type: Article

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