Serum Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulphate Level in Age-related Macular Degeneration

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Tamer, Cengaver ^a   Oksuz, Hüseyin ^a   SöǦüt, Sadik ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE SULFATE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCALE UP; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 33846381647     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.09.054     Document Type: Article

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