| Description |
1 online resource (300 pages) |
| Series |
Novartis Foundation Symposia ; v. 840 |
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Novartis Foundation Symposia
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| Contents |
Human cataract formation; Contents; Introduction; Classification of human cataractous change by the American Cooperative Cataract Research Group method; Discussion; Epidemiological and other studies in the assessment of factors contributing to cataractogenesis; Discussion; Oxidation and cataract; Discussion; Metabolism and function of glutathione in the lens; Discussion; Cataracts and photochemical damage in the lens; Discussion; Diabetic and galactosaemic cataracts; Discussion; Calcium and the physiology of cataract; Discussion |
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General discussion Causes and mechanisms of human cataract formationCytoskeletal proteins of the ageing human lens; Discussion; Interaction of crystallins with M. Vermorken, I. Dunia and E.L. Benedetti the cytoskeletal-plasma membrane complex of the bovine lens; Discussion; Crystallin genes: templates for lens transparency; Discussion; The crystallin gene families; The molecular structures and interactions of bovine and human Y- crystallins; Discussion; The molecular basis of cataract formation; Discussion |
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The application of non-invasive techniques to the study of cataract development on the metabolic and the protein molecular levelDiscussion; Final general discussion Sequence of events in cataract formation; Strategies for future research on the human lens; Index of contributors; Subject index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cataract -- Etiology -- Congresses
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Pathology, Molecular -- Congresses
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Cataract -- Etiology.
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Pathology, Molecular.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780470718575 |
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0470718579 |
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