Metabolic cataracts in newly diagnosed diabetes

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 118-120

  Datta, Vipan ^a   Swift, Peter G F ^a   Woodruff, Geoffrey H A ^a   Harris, Roy F ^b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aldose reductase; insulin dependent diabetes; metabolic cataracts; sorbitol pathway

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031034618     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.2.118     Document Type: Article

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