Reduced-serum vitamin C and increased uric acid levels in normal-tension glaucoma

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-248

  Yuki, Kenya ^a   Murat, Dogru ^a,b   Kimura, Itaru ^a   Ohtake, Yuichiro ^a   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Oxidative stress; Uric acid; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; RETINOL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; JAPANESE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; URIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMIN E;

EID: 77949275228     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-009-1183-6     Document Type: Article

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