 Lens Capsule, Crystalline
"Lens Capsule, Crystalline" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The thin noncellular outer covering of the CRYSTALLINE LENS composed mainly of COLLAGEN TYPE IV and GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS. It is secreted by the embryonic anterior and posterior epithelium. The embryonic posterior epithelium later disappears.
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D007903
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.371.060.500.155
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| Concept/Terms |
Lens Capsule, Crystalline- Lens Capsule, Crystalline
- Capsule, Crystalline Lens
- Capsules, Crystalline Lens
- Crystalline Lens Capsule
- Crystalline Lens Capsules
- Lens Capsules, Crystalline
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lens Capsule, Crystalline" by people in Profiles.
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Joy A, Mohammed TA, Al-Ghoul KJ. Abnormal fiber end migration in Royal College of Surgeons rats during posterior subcapsular cataract formation. Mol Vis. 2010 Jul 31; 16:1453-66.
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Lu JY, Mohammed TA, Donohue ST, Al-Ghoul KJ. Distribution of basal membrane complex components in elongating lens fibers. Mol Vis. 2008 Jun 30; 14:1187-203.
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Al-Ghoul KJ, Kuszak JR, Lu JY, Owens MJ. Morphology and organization of posterior fiber ends during migration. Mol Vis. 2003 Apr 16; 9:119-28.
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MacCumber MW, Packo KH, Civantos JM, Greenberg JB. Preservation of anterior capsule during vitrectomy and lensectomy for retinal detachment with proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Ophthalmology. 2002 Feb; 109(2):329-33.
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Al-Ghoul KJ, Kuszak JR. Anterior polar cataracts in CS rats: a predictor of mature cataract formation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1999 Mar; 40(3):668-79.
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