Lens dislocation in Marfan syndrome and UV-B light exposure [3]

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 585-

  Sachdev, Nitin ^b   Wakefield, Denis ^b   Coroneo, Minas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; RNA;

AGING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LENS LUXATION; LETTER; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECTACLES; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; LENS SUBLUXATION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0345549502     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.4.585     Document Type: Letter

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