Histological presence of Helicobacter pylori bacteria in the trabeculum and iris of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 150-156

  Zavos, Christos ^a   Kountouras, Jannis ^a   Sakkias, Georgios ^a   Venizelos, Ioannis ^a   Deretzi, Georgia ^a   Arapoglou, Stergios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cresyl violet; Helicobacter pylori; Primary open angle glaucoma; Trabeculum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE BIOPSY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MUCOSA; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IRIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXAZINES; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 81155145970     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330053     Document Type: Article

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