Lens ageing as an indicator of tissue damage associated with smoking and non-enzymatic glycation - A twin study

Diabetologia

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1457-1462

  Kessel, L ^a   Hougaard, J ^b   Sander, B ^b   Kyvik, K ^c   Sorensen T ^d   Larsen, M ^b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Advanced glycation end products; Ageing; Crystalline lens; Diabetes mellitus; Environment; Fluorometry; Genetics; Lens fluorescence; Smoking; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLYCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE INJURY;

ADULT; AGING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DENMARK; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0036033836     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-002-0925-3     Document Type: Article

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