Glutamate levels in aqueous humor of patients with retinal artery occlusion

Retina

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 432-436

  Wakabayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Yagihashi, Tomoyuki ^a   Kezuka, Jun ^a   Muramatsu, Daisuke ^a   Usui, Masahiko ^a   Iwasaki, Takuya ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glutamate; High performance liquid chromatography; Retinal artery occlusion

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; TAURINE;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PARACENTESIS; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINA INJURY; RETINA ISCHEMIA; METABOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ASPARTIC ACID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; TAURINE;

EID: 33745099668     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200604000-00009     Document Type: Article

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