title: Capsular 'pits' in the human lens.
abstract: The lens capsule is an atypical basement membrane surrounding the lens epithelial cells and lens fibres which make up the remainder of the human lens. A seemingly unreported morphological change visible in the lens capsule with the biomicroscope is described.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Cataract Research Unit, Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Walton.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Shun-Shin
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged