Lens Epithelium and Posterior Capsular Opacification

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Saika, Shizuya (Editor), Werner, Liliana (Editor), Lovicu, Frank J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Molecular biology.; Ophthalmology.; Cell biology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Molecular Medicine.; Biomedicine general.; Cell Biology.

This book is the first to summarize the current knowledge of the cell biology of lens epithelial cells in relation to and in the development of posterior capsular opacification (PCO). PCO remains the most common long-term complication of modern cataract surgery, occurring months or years after catar...