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Record Nr.

UNISA996202085303316

Titolo

The human lens - in relation to cataract

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