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Age-related cataract

Known as: cataract senile, cataracts senile, age related cataracts 
An age-related, anatomical abnormality that is caused by thickening of the lens of the eye.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Visual performance and biocompatibility of 2 multifocal diffractive IOLs: Six‐month comparative study
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Contrast sensitivity and color vision with a yellow intraocular len.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Identification and functional clustering of global gene expression differences between human age-related cataract and clear lenses.
PURPOSE Age-related cataract is a multi-factorial disease with a poorly understood etiology. Numerous studies provide evidence… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
The potential preventive effects of vitamins for cataract and age-related macular degeneration.
  • Paul F. Jacques
  • International journal for vitamin and nutrition…
  • 1999
  • Corpus ID: 1137342
Age-related cataract and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are important public health problems. Approximately 50% of the 30… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Dietary calorie restriction in the Emory mouse: effects on lifespan, eye lens cataract prevalence and progression, levels of ascorbate, glutathione, glucose, and glycohemoglobin, tail collagen…
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Intercapsular cataract surgery with lens epithelial cell removal: Part IV: Capsular fibrosis induced by poly(methyl methacrylate)
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Do we have a nutritional treatment for age-related cataract or macular degeneration?
Age-related cataract and age-related macular degeneration are the major causes of visual impairment and blindness in the aging US… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Ascorbic acid and the eye lens.
Exposure of mice to hyperbaric oxygen leads to an inhibition of the mitotic activity in the germinative epithelium of the lens… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
The Emory mouse cataract: an animal model for human senile cataract.
The Emory mouse cataract is a late-appearing lens opacity which may serve as an animal model for some human senile cataracts. It… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Cataract produced by tyrosinase and tyrosine systems in rabbitens in vitro.
1. Cataracts were developed by incubating rabbit lenses for 22hr. at 37 degrees in a culture medium containing tyrosine and… 
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