Obesity and Density of the Crystalline Lens: Revisiting a Growing Dilemma

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Obesity is believed to accelerate age-related cataractogenesis through various biomechanisms. On the contrary, there are also studies advocating the protective role of obesity against the cataract formation process. We investigate the correlation of body mass index (BMI) as a measur...

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Autores principales: Mohammadi, Seyed-Farzad, Afarideh, Mohsen, Mehrjardi, Hadi Z., Mirhadi, Sara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6945933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31988899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000454979

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6945933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31988899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000454979

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