Coincidence of normal tension glaucoma, progressive sensorineural hearing loss, and elevated antiphosphatidylserine antibodies

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1259-1262

  Kremmer, Stephan ^a   Kreuzfelder, E ^a   Bachor, E ^a   Jahnke, K ^a   Selbach, J M ^a   Seidahmadi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL TENSION GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERIMETRY; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; SEROLOGY; SLIT LAMP; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES;

EID: 4744351639     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.040832     Document Type: Article

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