Age-related nuclear lens opacities are associated with reduced growth before 1 year of age

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1740-1744

  Evans, Jennifer R ^a   Rauf, Abdnl ^b   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a   Wormald, Richard P L ^b   Cooped, Cyrus ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATARACT; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATARACT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031856521     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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