title: Is the experimental naphthalene cataract a model for human senile cataract?
abstract: The development of naphthalene cataract in rabbits is described, photographed in detail, and compared with different types of senile cataract in man. The naphthalene cataract can serve as a model for subcapsular senile cataract in man, but not for others.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik, Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rossa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pau
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002386:Cataract / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D009281:Naphthalenes; C031721:naphthalene