Aging affects the conformation of cholesterol in the human eye lens

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 86-91

  Duindam, J J ^a,b   Vrensen, G F J M ^a   Otto, C ^b   Greve, J ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cholesterol; Filipin; Human eye lens; Raman microspectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FILIPIN;

ADULT; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; LENS FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; FILIPIN; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLESTEROLS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029986547     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267978     Document Type: Article

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