Management of cataract in Werner syndrome

Werner syndrome (WS) is a rare progressive disorder. It is characterized by the appearance of unusually accelerated aging (progeria) including bilateral senile cataract. Here, we report a successful management of hypermature cataract in WS.

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Autores principales: Kusumesh, Rakhi, Sinha, Bibhuti Prassan, Ambastha, Anita, Thakur, Santosh Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6113835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30127165
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1308_17
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author Kusumesh, Rakhi
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spelling pubmed-61138352018-09-05 Management of cataract in Werner syndrome Kusumesh, Rakhi Sinha, Bibhuti Prassan Ambastha, Anita Thakur, Santosh Kumar Indian J Ophthalmol Case Reports Werner syndrome (WS) is a rare progressive disorder. It is characterized by the appearance of unusually accelerated aging (progeria) including bilateral senile cataract. Here, we report a successful management of hypermature cataract in WS. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6113835/ /pubmed/30127165 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1308_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Management of cataract in Werner syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6113835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30127165
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1308_17
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