Age-related changes in the kinetics of water transport in normal human lenses

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 663-669

  Moffat, B A ^a   Landman, K A ^b   Truscott, R J W ^c   Sweeney, M H J ^c   Pope, J M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Cataract; Deuterium oxide (D2O); Diffusion; Eye lens; Presbyopia; Water transport

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; GLUTATHIONE; WATER;

AGING; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; NUTRIENT; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SENILE CATARACT; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033374521     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1999.0747     Document Type: Article

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