Helicobacter pylori IgG antibodies in aqueous humor and serum of subjects with primary open angle and pseudo-exfoliation glaucoma in a South Indian population

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 605-610

  Deshpande, Nitin ^a,b   Lalitha, Prajna ^a   Krishna Das, S R ^a   Jethani, Jitendra ^b   Pillai, R Manju ^a   Robin, Alan ^c,d   Karthik, ^a  

^a Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology   (India)

^b ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Primary open angle glaucoma; Pseudo exfoliation glaucoma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; EYE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INDIAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 60749133595     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318166f00b     Document Type: Article

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