Further data on the association between Helicobacter pylori infection and primary open-angle glaucoma

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 243-245

  Zavos, Christos ^a   Kountouras, Jannis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; FIBRINOGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LEUKOTRIENE DERIVATIVE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE AGGREGATION; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TISSUE SECTION; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84857091099     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S29796     Document Type: Letter

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