title: [Ocular fluorophores].
abstract: The majority of ocular media and tissues are lifelong exposed to electromagnetic radiations. O series of photochemical and photobiological events take place in these tissues and especially in the lens and the retina, thus resulting a permanent changing of their optical and functional qualities; the result of most of these events is the appearance of fluorescent molecular aggregates due to the alterations of initially non-fluorescent molecules or to accumulation processes (these are the endogenous fluorophores; their quantity and intraocular distribution is age- and light-exposure-linked and can be altered by pathology). Willingly or not, fluorescent substances can be introduced in the eye through its hematic barriers (these are the exogenous fluorophores).
authors.affiliation: Spitalul Clinic de Urgentă Militar Central, Bucureşti.
authors.forename: Andreea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Craiu
mesh_terms: D003315:Cornea / Q000528:radiation effects; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D005123:Eye / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005453:Fluorescence; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000528:radiation effects; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D012160:Retina / Q000528:radiation effects; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects*