Vitreous renin activity correlates with vascular endothelial growth factor in proliferative diabetic retinopathy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 666-668

  Kanda, Atsuhiro ^a   Noda, Kousuke ^a   Saito, Wataru ^a   Ishida, Susumu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN II; PRORENIN; PRORENIN RECEPTOR; RENIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SAMPLE SIZE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITREOUS BODY;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENIN; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84876283613     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302680     Document Type: Letter

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