Conjunctival and tear film changes after vitamin C and E administration in non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Peponis, Vasileios ^a,c   Bonovas, Stefanos ^b,d   Kapranou, Amalia ^a   Peponi, Evangelia ^a   Filioussi, Kalitsa ^b   Magkou, Christina ^c   Sitaras, Nikolaos M ^c  

^a TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b Stat Services for Medical Research   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Break up time; Goblet cells; Ocular ferning; Oxidative stress; Schirmer test; Squamous metaplasia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SCHIRMER TEST; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; TEAR FILM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TEARS; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 2942726422     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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