Liquefaction of cortical tissue in diabetic and galactosemic rat lenses defined by confocal laser scanning microscopy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1557-1565

  Bond, Jacqui ^a   Green, Colin ^b   Donaldson, Paul ^a   Kistler, Joerg ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

confocal laser scanning microscopy; diabetic cataract; intercellular communication; lens; membranes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL SWELLING; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALACTOSEMIA; LENS FIBER; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; CELL MEMBRANE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSEMIAS; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOZOCIN;

EID: 0029739781     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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