Changes of lens epithelium of diabetics and nondiabetics with different types of opacities of age-related cataract;Veranderungen des linsenepithels bei diabetikern und nichtdiabetikern mit verschiedenen trubungsformen einer altersassoziierten katarakt

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 204-209

  Struck, Hans G ^a   Heider, Cornelia ^a   Lautenschläger, Christine ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related cataract; Cell changes; Lens epithelium; Morphometry; Type II diabetes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS DISEASE; LENS EPITHELIUM; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL COUNT; EPITHELIUM; LENS; PATHOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL COUNT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034114420     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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