Decreased Vitreal Hyaluronan Levels with Aging

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-35

  Itakura, Hirotaka ^a,b   Kishi, Shoji ^a   Kotajima, Nobuo ^b   Murakami, Masami ^b  

^a Department of Ophthalmology ^*

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hyaluronan; Vitrectomy; Vitreous, aging

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RETINA MACULA HOLE; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BIOPSY; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54449085654     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000165682     Document Type: Article

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