Theoretical and experimental basis for the inhibition of cataract

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 391-402

  Benedek, George B ^a   Pande, Jayanti ^a   Thurston, George M ^a,b   Clark, John I ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; DISULFIDE; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; LENS PROTEIN; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; PANTETHINE; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENS NUCLEUS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SENILE CATARACT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0033001721     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(98)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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