Investigation of the association between helicobacter pylori infection and normal tension glaucoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 665-668

  Kim, Joon Mo ^a   Kim, Seok Hwan ^b   Park, Ki Ho ^c   Han, So Young ^a   Shim, Hyoung Sub ^d  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Konyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79953280300     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6096     Document Type: Article

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