Elevated urine formaldehyde in elderly patients with primary open angle glaucoma

AIM: To investigate the risk factor of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), which is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. An abnormally high level of endogenous formaldehyde (FA) has recently been found correlated with cell death and neurodegenerative disease, raising the possibilit...

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Main Authors: Ying Cui, Tao Su, Shao-Dan Zhang, Ping Huang, Ying-Ge He, Ying Liu, Chun Zhang, Robert Ritch, Rong-Qiao He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS) 2016-03-01
Series:International Journal of Ophthalmology
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Online Access:http://www.ijo.cn/en_publish/2016/3/20160315.pdf