Scheimpflug Densitometric Analysis of Cataracts in Diabetic Rats: Correlation with Glycation

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 230-236

  Swamy Mruthinti, S ^a   Green, K ^a   Abraham, E C ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallins; Diabetic cataracts; Glycation MIP26 glycation; Scheimpflug photography

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; GLUCOSE; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DENSITOMETRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; TIME;

EID: 0029789724     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267908     Document Type: Article

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