The structure of posterior subcapsular cataracts in the royal college of surgeons (RCS) rats

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-177

  Al Ghoul, K J ^a   Novak, L A ^a   Kuszak, J R ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystalline lens; Light microscopy; Morphology; Posterior subcapsular cataract; RCS rat; Retinal degenerative disease; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CATARACT; CELL DEGENERATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032144269     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1998.0505     Document Type: Article

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