Hypoglycaemia exacerbates ischaemic retinal injury in rats

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 816-820

  Casson, R J ^a   Wood, J P M ^a   Osborne, N N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; HEXOKINASE; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE ASSAY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INJECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; RETINA ISCHEMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITREOUS BODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, THY-1; CYCLOPHILINS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ISCHEMIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINAL DISEASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 2642519679     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.024661     Document Type: Article

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