Plasma homocysteine levels in patients with normal tension glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 576-580

  Rössler, Christopher W ^a   Baleanu, Delia ^a   Reulbach, Udo ^a,b   Lewczuk, Piotr ^a   Bleich, Stefan ^c   Kruse, Friedrich E ^a   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a   Schlötzer Schrehardt, Ursula ^a   Juenemann, Anselm G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

excitatory amino acid; glaucoma; homocysteine; normal tension glaucoma; risk factor

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 78650493116     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181ca7c90     Document Type: Article

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