Uptake and distribution of gadolinium in the ocular lens

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Uptake and distribution of gadolinium in the ocular lens

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The lens of the eye has no blood vessels. Although necessary for transparency, this feature of the ocular lens implies that any circulation in the lens tissue must be avascular. A range of previous studies attests to the metabolic activity of the fiber cells that make up the body of the lens. It is also established that the continuing transparency of the lens depends upon this metabolic activity. When metabolism is disturbed, cataracts (lens opacities) result. It has been proposed that metabo...

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Journal article

Date created

2008

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Vaghefi Rezaei, Seyed / Jacobs, MD

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http://hdl.handle.net/2292/7656

Related subjects

Animals / Cattle / Contrast Media / Gadolinium / Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Lens, Crystalline / Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Metabolic Clearance Rate / Tissue Distribution

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