Comparison between modifications of lens
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Mariana Argirova; Winrich Breipohl
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Cataract is generally associated with the breakdown of the lens microarchitecture. Age-dependent chemical modifications and cross-linking of proteins are the major pathways for development of lens opacity. The specific alterations in lens proteins caused by glycation with four carbonyl metabolites,