Do changes in the hydration of the diabetic human lens precede cataract formation?

Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-14

  Bettelheim, Frederick A ^a   Li, Linhui ^a   Zeng, FeiFei ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACTOGENESIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLYCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; LENS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WATER CONTENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY WATER; CATARACT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FREEZING; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032442968     PISSN: 10780297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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