Eye lens crystallins: A component of intraocular pseudoexfoliative material

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-54

  Veromann, Siiri ^a   Sünter, Alar ^a   Juronen, Erkki ^a   Tasa, Gunnar ^a   Panov, Aleksei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cataract prevention; Crystallins; Glaucoma prevention; Porcine model; Pseudoexfoliative material; Sucrose and salt (NaCl) excess

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS CAPSULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; CRYSTALLINS; DIETARY SUCROSE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; SODIUM, DIETARY; SWINE;

EID: 1542357614     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076110     Document Type: Article

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