Aqueous levels of anti-helicobacter pylori IgG antibody in patients with primary open angle and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma

Iranian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 86-90

  Razeghinejad, Mohammad Reza ^a,c   Kamali Sarvestani, Eskandar ^a,b   Farvardin, Mohsen ^a   Pourhabibi, Arash ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aqueous Humor; Glaucoma; Helicobacter Pylori

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION;

EID: 33748447651     PISSN: 17351383     EISSN: 1735367X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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