The human lens - in relation to cataract

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910144663303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Elsevier, 1973
• ISBN: 1-280-78335-4; 9786613693747; 0-470-72002-6; 0-470-71769-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 pages)
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposium (new series) ; ; 19
• Disciplina: 617.7/42
• Soggetti: Crystalline lens; Cataract
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Symposium on the Human Lens--in Relation to Cataract held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 30th January-1st February 1973"--Participants page.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: The Human Lens- in Relation to Cataract; Contents; Chairman's introduction; The effects of the ageing lens on vision; Discussion; Morpho-logical changes of the lens with age and cataract; Discussion; Lens changes responsible for increased light scattering in some types of senile cataract; Discussion; General Discussion I Lens change with age and cataract: slit-image photo-graphy; Differences in proteins and in the water balance of the lens in nuclear and cortical types of senile cataract; Discussion; Role of membranes in controlling ion and water movements in the lens; Discussion; Enzyme activity patterns in clear human lenses and in different types of human senile cataract.Discussion; Membrane lipids and proteins in ageing lens and cataract; Discussion; The glucoside of 3-hydroxykynurenine and other fluorescent compounds in the human lens; Discussion; Oxidation of thiol groups of the human lens; Discussion; Preliminary observations upon the proteins of the human lens; Discussion; Low molecular weight proteins of the lens; Discussion; Immunological studies on normal and pathological lenses; Discussion; Miotic-induced cataract; Discussion; Cataract in Punjab; Discussion; Problems of cataract epidemiology with special reference to diabetesDiscussion; General Discussion II Classification of cataract; Chairman's concluding remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index