Levels of plasma homocysteine in pseudoexfoliation glaucoma

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 443-448

  Tranchina, Laura ^a   Centofanti, Marco ^a,b   Oddone, Francesco ^b   Tanga, Lucia ^b   Roberti, Gloria ^a   Liberatoscioli, Laura ^c   Cortese, Claudio ^c   Manni, Gianluca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^c TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Hyperhomocysteinemia; Pseudoexfoliation glaucoma

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

AGED; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 79955589539     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-010-1487-6     Document Type: Article

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