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- Title
Ultrastructure of the Lens Epithelium in Alport's Syndrome.
- Authors
Sargon, Mustafa F.; Çelik, H. Hamdi; Şener, Cumhur
- Abstract
The ultrastructure of the lens epithelium in Alport's syndrome was studied. In a transmission electron-microscopic examination, a large number of tonofilaments, swollen mitochondria, a dilated Golgi complex, a dilated rough endoplasmic reticulum with electron-dense (osmiophilic) material in some of these irregular structures and myelin figures were observed. Most of the cells had regularly shaped and only a few of them irregularly shaped nuclei. Additionally, polymorphism and marked degeneration in the transitional zone were observed in the scanning electron-microscopic examination of the lens epithelium. After the transitional zone, there were no epithelial cells present under the lens capsule, an observation that has never been reported in the literature.
- Publication
Ophthalmologica, 1999, Vol 213, Issue 1, p30
- ISSN
0030-3755
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000027390