Cataract: Clinical Types
Cataract: Clinical Types Nathan G. Congdon Margaret A. Chang Paul Botelho Walter J. Stark Manuel B. Datiles III Of the various clinical types of cataracts known today, the majority are…
OPHTHALMOLOGY
The Neuro-Ophthalmologic Case History: Elucidating the Symptoms
The Neuro-Ophthalmologic Case History: Elucidating the Symptoms Frederick E. Lepore Once again he would go over the points in the history, elucidating, elaborating. His own examination would follow—full, detailed, but…
Medical Treatment of Cataract
Medical Treatment of Cataract Peter F. Kador J. Samuel Zigler Jr. John I. Clark Manuel B. Datiles Current estimates1 show that in the United States the direct government medical cost…
Congenital and Inherited Cataracts
Congenital and Inherited Cataracts J. Fielding Hejtmancik Manuel B. Datiles III Congenital cataracts are a significant cause of vision loss worldwide, causing approximately one third of blindness in infants. Roughly…
Clinical Evaluation of Cataracts*
Clinical Evaluation of Cataracts* Manuel B. Datiles III Rafat R. Ansari Careful evaluation of the lens is an essential part of a complete eye examination. Cataracts (Figs. 1, 2, 3,…
Epidemiologic Aspects of Age-Related Cataract
Epidemiologic Aspects of Age-Related Cataract Sheila K. West MAGNITUDE OF THE BURDEN OF CATARACT Cataract is the most common cause of blindness in the world.1 An estimated 17 million persons…
Nutritional and Environmental Influences on Risk for Cataract
Nutritional and Environmental Influences on Risk for Cataract Allen Taylor The number of associations between nutriture and eye lens cataract has burgeoned in the past decade, inspired in part by…
Pathogenesis of Cataracts
Pathogenesis of Cataracts J. Samuel Zigler Jr. Manuel B. Datiles III Introduction The primary functions of the ocular lens are to transmit incident light and to focus it on the…
Physiology of the Lens
Physiology of the Lens George Duncan I. Michael Wormstone Cataract has been a recognized debilitating visual condition since Roman times and has been the subject of intense investigations by lens…
Embryology and Anatomy of Human Lenses
Embryology and Anatomy of Human Lenses J. R. Kuszak M. J. Costello The cornea and the lens are the principal refractive elements of the eye. They are responsible for, respectively,…
