| Lens and Cataract Surgery |
Age-Related Cataract
Worldwide, age-related cataract is the primary source of impaired vision in the elderly and humanity's major cause of blindness. This book represents the first analysis of all of the evidence bearing on the origin and consequences of this disease.
The progressive deterioration of the human lens is described in unprecedented detail and examined from the perspective of the general principles of aging. Causal factors that have been implicated in cataract formation are then evaluated by the criterion of whether they are capable of producing the specific cellular and molecular changes which take place during aging and cataract formation. The book concludes with a detailed proposal for a simple, safe, inexpensive, and practical program of prevention to reduce the prevalence of age-related cataract.
Readership:
Ophthalmologists, physiologists, gerontologists
| Author: |
Richard W. Young |
| ISBN: |
019506383X |
| Publisher: |
Oxford University Press |
| Binding: |
Hardcover |
| Year Published: |
1991 |
| No. of Pages: |
304 |
| Illustrations: |
3 Line illustrations, Tables |
| Contents: |
Preface: Age-related cataract - A global problem
PART I: EVALUATION OF THE EVIDENCE:
* General principles of aging
* The structure of the lens and its defences against spying
* Age-related deterioration of the lens
* General pro-aging factors in the lens
* Special pro-aging factors in the lens
* The aetiology of age-related cataract
* The epidemiology of age-related cataract: Introduction and factors influencing sunlight exposure
* Epidemiological studies: Solar radiation
* Epidemiological studies: Nutrition and genetics
* Epidemiological studies: Special factors
* Summary and conclusions
PART II: PREVENTION OF AGE-RELATED CATARACT:
* A proposal for a program of prevention
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