Evaluation of a non-invasive fluorescence technique as a marker for diabetic lenses in vivo

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 237, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-192

  Mota, Maria Carolina ^a   Morgado, António Miguel ^b   Matos, Armanda ^b   Pereira, Paulo ^a   Burrows, Hugh ^a  

^a Biomed Inst Res Light and Image   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0033012807     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050217     Document Type: Article

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