"Lens Cortex, Crystalline" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The portion of the crystalline lens surrounding the nucleus and bound anteriorly by the epithelium and posteriorly by the capsule. It contains lens fibers and amorphous, intercellular substance.
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D007904
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.371.060.500.225
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lens Cortex, Crystalline" by people in Profiles.
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Age-related compaction of lens fibers affects the structure and optical properties of rabbit lenses. BMC Ophthalmol. 2007 Dec 20; 7:19.
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Morphology of the normal human lens. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1996 Jun; 37(7):1396-410.