Effect of electroacupuncture to prevent selenite-induced cataract in Wistar rats

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-303

  Cariello, Angelino Julio ^a,b   Casanova, Fábio Henrique ^a,c   de Souza Lima Filho, Acćio Alves ^a   Juliano, Yara ^a   Tabosa, Angela ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade de Harvard EUA ^*  (Brazil)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cataract; Electroacupuncture; Free radicals; Rats; Wistar

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; SODIUM SELENITE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CATARACT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LENS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745819254     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492006000300003     Document Type: Article

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