title: The autoimmune hypothesis for acute bilateral cataract in type 1 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of pediatric-adolescent endocrinology & diabetes, Athens medical centre, Athens, Greece; Division of pediatric endocrinology, Attikon university hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: info@pedoendo.gr.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Papadimitriou
authors.affiliation: Department of pediatric-adolescent endocrinology & diabetes, Athens medical centre, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bothou
authors.affiliation: Department of pediatric ophthalmology, Athens medical centre, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Skarmoutsos
authors.affiliation: Endocrine division, department of internal medicine, school of medicine, university of Patras, Patras, Greece.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Alexandrides
authors.affiliation: Third department of pediatrics, Attikon university hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Papaevangelou
authors.affiliation: Division of pediatric endocrinology, Attikon university hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papadimitriou
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D007328:Insulin
keywords: Acute bilateral cataract; Diabetes; Diabetic cataract; Insulin autoantibodies