Association between mediators in the tear fluid and the severity of keratoconus

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-51

  Kolozsvári, Bence Lajos ^a   Petrovski, Goran ^a   Gogolák, Péter ^a   Rajnavölgyi, Éva ^a   Tóth, Flóra ^a   Berta, András ^a   Fodor, Mariann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Keratoconus; Mediators; Tears; Topographic indices

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE 3; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RANTES; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1;

ADULT; CENTER SURROUND INDEX; CYTOMETRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOCONUS PREDICTION INDEX; KERATOMETRY; KLYCE KERATOCONUS SEVERITY INDEX; LACRIMAL FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OPPOSITE SECTOR INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; STANDARD DEVIATION OF CORNEAL POWER; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORNEA TOPOGRAPHER; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN CELL; KERATOMETER; MEDIATOR RELEASE; NORMAL VALUE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CYTOKINES; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEARS; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-1; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890041325     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351626     Document Type: Review

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