Genetic Polymorphisms of Catalase and Glutathione Peroxidase-1 in Keratoconus

• Main Authors: Davood YARI (Author), Ramin SARAVANI (Author), Samira SARAVANI (Author), Kamran EBRAHIMIAN (Author), Hamid Reza GALAVI (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Background: Keratoconus (KC) is a degenerative eye disease which results from thinning of the cornea and causes vision distortion. Oxidative stress damage to KC corneas may be because of the failure of corneas to process reactive oxygen species which leads to corneal thinning and loss of vision. Gen...