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Decreased total antioxidants status in the plasma of patients with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2011
Abu-Amero Khaled K, Kondkar Altaf A, Mousa Ahmed, Osman Essam A, Al-Obeidan Saleh A
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To evaluate total antioxidant status (TAS) in the plasma of pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PEG) patients and to compare this level with a matching control group. Additionally, we aim to investigate the effect of the combined action of the lysyl oxidase-like 1 (LOXL1) mutation status with TAS level on the development of PEG. METHODS: Plasma samples were obtained from 54 PEG patients and 54 controls of...
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