Spectroscopic and biochemical correlations during the course of human lens aging

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ranjan, Mala ^a   Beedu, Sashidhar Rao ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FLUORESCENCE; GLYCATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LENS; MEASUREMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FLUORESCENCE; GLYCOSYLATION END PRODUCTS, ADVANCED; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646262865     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-6-10     Document Type: Article

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