The effect of vitamin C deficiency and chronic ultraviolet-B exposure on corneal ultrastructure: a preliminary investigation

PURPOSE: In the visually debilitating condition of climatic droplet keratopathy, corneal transparency is progressively lost. Although the precise cause of the disease and the mechanism by which it progresses are not known, a lifetime exposure to high solar radiation and a vitamin C–deficient diet ma...

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Autores principales: Hayes, Sally, Cafaro, Thamara A., Boguslawska, Patrycja J., Kamma-Lorger, Christina S., Boote, Craig, Harris, Jonathan, Young, Robert, Hiller, Jennifer, Terrill, Nicholas, Meek, Keith M., Serra, Horacio M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Vision 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3235536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22171156

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3235536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22171156

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