Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5842495 | Life Sciences | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The increase of ET-1 in POAG patients is related to vascular dysfunction (r = 0.942; p = 0.001) and vascular dysfunction is related to sub-clinical intraocular inflammation (r = 0.968; p = 0.001). Thus ET-1 and vascular dysfunction related to sub-clinical inflammation may play a key role in determining a progressive visual field damage in POAG patients who present a well-controlled IOP.
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Authors
Mauro Cellini, Ernesto Strobbe, Corrado Gizzi, Nicole Balducci, Pier Giorgio Toschi, Emilio C. Campos,