Age and the lens--refraction and accommodation.
The increasing radius of the lens surfaces and the development of cortex and nucleus due to the differences in refractive indices, explain the physiological changes in refraction and accommodation which occur during life.
Planten
J T
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Department of Ophthalmology, Diakonessenhuis, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
D000065:Accommodation, Ocular; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D002386:Cataract / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D012029:Refraction, Ocular