Plasma homocysteine, serum folic acid, serum vitamin B12, serum vitamin B6, MTHFR and risk of pseudoexfoliation glaucoma: A meta-analysis

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 250, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1067-1074

  Xu, Fan ^a,b   Zhang, Liang ^a,c   Li, Min ^a,b  

^a PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL OF GUANGXI ZHUANG AUTONOMOUS REGION   (China)

^b GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Homocysteine; Meta analysis; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Pseudoexfoliation glaucoma; Vitamin B12; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION GLAUCOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FOLIC ACID; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84864290734     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-011-1877-4     Document Type: Article

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