Cataracts in systemic diseases and syndromes

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-28

  Hutnik, Cindy M L ^a   Nichols, Bruce D ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ESTROGEN; PROTEIN;

AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CATARACT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EYE DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TOBACCO;

AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033056574     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199902000-00005     Document Type: Review

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