Cataracts dissolved

J. Fielding Hejtmancik ()
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J. Fielding Hejtmancik: J. Fielding Hejtmancik is in the Ophthalmic Molecular Genetics Section, Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch, National Eye Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20892-9402, USA.

Nature, 2015, vol. 523, issue 7562, 540-541

Abstract: Mutations underlying hereditary cataracts in two families impair the function of an enzyme that synthesizes the lens molecule lanosterol. The finding may lead to non-surgical prevention and treatment of cataracts. See Letter p.607

Date: 2015
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