Reduced endothelial progenitor cells and brachial artery flow-mediated dilation as evidence of endothelial dysfunction in ocular hypertension and primary open-angle glaucoma

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-141

  Fadini, Gian Paolo ^a,b   Pagano, Claudio ^a   Baesso, Ilenia ^a   Kotsafti, Olympia ^a   Doro, Daniele ^a   De Kreutzenberg, Saula V ^a   Avogaro, Angelo ^a   Agostini, Carlo ^a   Dorigo, Maria T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelial dysfunction; Endothelial progenitor cells; Glaucoma pathogenesis; Vascular risk

Indexed keywords

CD133 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CELL COUNT; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STEM CELLS; VASODILATION;

EID: 76149100212     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01573.x     Document Type: Article

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