Ascorbic acid concentration is reduced in the secondary aqueous humour of glaucomatous patients

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 402-406

  Leite, Mauro T ^a   Prata, Tiago S ^a,b   Kera, Clarissa Z ^c   Miranda, Denise V ^c   de Moraes Barros, Silvia B ^c   Melo Jr , Luiz A S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Glaucoma; Secondary aqueous humour

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; MITOMYCIN C;

AGE; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENILE CATARACT; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ASCORBIC ACID; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 67651163532     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02046.x     Document Type: Article

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