cataracts

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Introduction

An opacity of the crystalline lens of the eye; a loss of transparency of the lens of the eye or of its capsule.

Etiology

(risk factors)

Epidemiology

Pathology

Genetics

Clinical manifestations

Laboratory

Complications

Management

Comparative biology

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References

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