Location and severity of cortical opacities in different regions of the lens in age-related cataract

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1698-1703

  Graziosi, Paolo ^a   Rosmini, Francesco ^b   Bonacini, Mirka ^a   Ferrigno, Luigina ^b   Sperduto, Robert D ^c   Milton, Roy C ^c   Maraini, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cataract risk factors; lens opacity; lens segments; light damage; sunlight exposure index

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE CATARACT; SUN EXPOSURE;

AGED; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0029762053     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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