To assess the levels of zinc in serum and changes in the lens of diabetic and senile cataract patients

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 853-855

  Rahim, Amena ^a   Iqbal, Khadija ^a  

^a Islamic International Medical College   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cataract; Diabetes; Senile; Zinc

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; ZINC;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CELL COUNT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC CATARACT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMELLAR BODY; LENS CAPSULE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SENILE CATARACT; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; ZINC;

EID: 84860398289     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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