Summary of studies on the blue-green autofluorescence and light transmission of the ocular lens

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-250

  Van Best, Jaap A ^a   Kuppens, Esmeralda V M J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glaucoma; light scattering and fluorescence; Light transmission; Ocular lens; UV A

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000979203     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.241531     Document Type: Article

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