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Characterization of Molecular Mechanisms of In vivo UVR Induced Cataract
Published on: November 28, 2012
Posterior subcapsular cataract following intense ultraviolet radiation exposure: a case report
Eye (London, England)
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
A 46-year-old Caucasian man with no other known risk factors developed bilateral posterior subcapsular cataracts soon after intense exposure to ultraviolet radiation. This case report supports experimental and epidemiological evidence implicating ultraviolet radiation as a risk factor for cataract formation.
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