Cholesterol, phospholipid, and protein changes in focal opacities in the human eye lens

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 94-103

  Duindam, Johan J ^a,b,c   Vrensen, Gijs F J M ^a,b,d   Otto, Cees ^c   Greve, Jan ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; CATARACT; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLINS; FILIPIN; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 0031975419     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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