Pathophysiology of primary open-angle glaucoma from a neuroinflammatory and neurotoxicity perspective: a review of the literature

International Ophthalmology - Tập 39 Số 1 - Trang 259-271 - 2019
Karine Evangelho1, Maria Mogilevskaya2, Mónica Losada-Barragán3, Jeinny Karina Vargas-Sanchez1
1Grupo de Investigación en Ciencias Biomédicas GRINCIBIO, Facultad de medicina, Sede Bogotá, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia
2Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería Clínica – Hospital Universitario la Samaritana GINIC-HUS, Sede Bogotá, ECCI, Bogotá, Colombia
3Grupo de Biología Celular y Funcional e Ingeniería de Biomoléculas, Facultad de Ciencias, Sede Bogotá, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia

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