Analyses of aqueous humour ghrelin levels of eyes with and without glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-132

  Rocha Sousa, A ^a,b,c   Alves Faria, P ^a   Falcao Pires I ^a   Falcao Reis F ^a   Leite Moreira, A F ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b Department of Physiology   (United States)

^c Department of Hernâni Monteiro ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GHRELIN; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58349102918     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.134627     Document Type: Letter

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