Aqueous humor levels of soluble Fas and Fas-ligand in patients with primary open angle and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma

Iranian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 215-219

  Razeghinejad, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Kamali Sarvestani, Eskandar ^a,c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Open angle glaucoma; Pseudoexfoliation glaucoma; Soluble Fas; Soluble Fas ligand

Indexed keywords

FAS LIGAND; PROTEIN; SOLUBLE FAS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; APOPTOSIS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATARACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 37249048288     PISSN: 17351383     EISSN: 1735367X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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