Lens calcium and selenite-induced cataract
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Current Eye Research
- Vol. 3 (2) , 315-320
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02713688408997215
Abstract
Subcutaneous injection of sodium selenite into young rats produces a nuclear cataract within 72 hours. A three-fold elevation in lens calcium and a two-fold increase in lens inorganic phosphate have been found to precede opacification. Scanning electron micrographs suggested weakened cell-to-cell adhesion in the cataractous nuclear zone.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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