Lens retrodots and vacuoles and their associations with the prevalence and incidence of age-related cataract

Eye

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 568-575

  Tan, A G ^a   Mitchell, P ^a   Rochtchina, E ^a   Hong, T ^a   Cumming, R G ^b   Wang, J J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cataract; cataract surgery; lens opacities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84859745425     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2011.349     Document Type: Article

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