Progressive changes in secondary conformation and composition of the senile cataractous human lens capsules

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 542-546

  Lee, Shui Mei ^a   Lin, Shan Yang ^b,c   Cheng, Ching Li ^b   Liang, Run Chu ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c VGH Taipei ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Composition; FT IR spectra; Lens capsule; Secondary structure; Senile cataract

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LENS CAPSULE; MATURITY; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE CATARACT; TRIPLE HELIX;

EID: 0030469262     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00731.x     Document Type: Article

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