Levels of iron, zinc, and copper in aqueous humor, lens, and serum in nondiabetic and diabetic patients: Their relation to cataract

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 33-41

  Aydin, Erdinç ^a   Cumurcu, Tongabay ^a   Özuǧurlu, Fikret ^a   Özyurt, Hüseyin ^a   Sahinoglu, Serdar ^a   Mendil, Durali ^a   Hasdemir, Erdoǧan ^b  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; Cataract; Copper; Diabetes; Iron; Lens; Serum; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; ZINC;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATARACTOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LENS CAPSULE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 28644444974     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/bter:108:1-3:033     Document Type: Article

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