Oxidative stress in diseases of the human cornea

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1047-1055

  Shoham, Akiva ^a   Hadziahmetovic, Majda ^b   Dunaief, Joshua L ^b   Mydlarski, Marc B ^d   Schipper, Hyman M ^c,d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidant; Aqueous humor; Cornea; Disease; Eye; Iron; Ophthalmology; Oxidative stress; Reactive nitrogen species; Reactive oxygen species; Tears

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPEPTIDE; GLUTATHIONE; IRON CHELATING AGENT; MITOMYCIN C; N ALPHA ACETYLCARNOSINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENIUM; STEROID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TROLOX C; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS HUMOR; AUTOGRAFT; CHEMICAL INJURY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA ULCER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IRON CHELATION; KERATECTOMY; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; LACRIMAL FLUID; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 53049091680     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.07.021     Document Type: Review

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