Aqueous humor TGF-β2 levels in patients with open-angle glaucoma: A meta-analysis.

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Published in Mol Vis on May 25, 2015

Authors

Puneet Agarwal1, Aqil Mohammad Daher2, Renu Agarwal3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ophthalmology, IMU clinical school, International Medical University, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
2: Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Defence Health, National Defence University of Malaysia, Sungai Besi Camp, 57000 KL, Malaysia.
3: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh campus, Jalan Hospital, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

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