Genetic origins of cataract

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-173

  Shiels, Alan ^a   Hejtmancik, J Fielding ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENS PROTEIN;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; REFRACTION INDEX; REVIEW; VITREOUS OPACITY;

CATARACT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 33846944686     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.125.2.165     Document Type: Review

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