UVR-B induced cataract development in C57 mice

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-394

  Meyer, Linda M ^a   Söderberg, Per ^a   Dong, Xiuqin ^a   Wegener, Alfred ^b  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

C57BL 6 mouse; Cataract; Light scattering; UVR B

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; FEMALE; ILLUMINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LENS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; FEMALE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 25144474842     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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