Low levels of pigment epithelium-derived factor in highly myopic eyes with chorioretinal atrophy

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 937-939

  Ogata, Nahoko ^a   Imaizumi, Masahito ^a   Miyashiro, Miki ^a   Arichi, Miwa ^a   Matsuoka, Masato ^a   Ando, Akira ^a   Matsumura, Miyo ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DERIVED FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHORIORETINAL ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ATROPHY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA, DEGENERATIVE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RETINA; SERPINS;

EID: 28444456056     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.05.037     Document Type: Article

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