Anticataract action of vitamin E: Its estimation using an in vitro steroid cataract model

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 16-25

  Ohta, Yoshiji ^a   Okada, Hiroshi ^b   Majima, Yoshinao ^b   Ishiguro, Isao ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cultured rat lens; Membrane dysfunction; Methylprednisolone; Steroid cataract; Vitamin E Oxidative damage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029792593     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267952     Document Type: Article

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