Glaucomatous outflow pathway and oxidative stress

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 389-399

  Saccà, Sergio Claudio ^a   Izzotti, Alberto ^b   Rossi, Pietro ^a   Traverso, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

free radicals; glaucoma; glaucoma pathogenesis; oxidative DNA damage; oxidative stress; primary open angle glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DEGENERATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DAMAGE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLAUCOMA; HEREDITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 33846810059     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.10.008     Document Type: Review

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