An impediment to glutathione diffusion in older normal human lenses: A possible precondition for nuclear cataract

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 587-595

  Sweeney, Matthew H J ^a   Truscott, Roger J W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Age; Cataract; Diffusion; Glutathione; Human; Nuclear; Perinuclear; Zone

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032412746     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1998.0549     Document Type: Article

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