Alzheimer's disease and cataracts / 中华老年医学杂志
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
;
(12): 910-912, 2016.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-502425
ABSTRACT
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related progressive neurodegenerative disease.As the most common type of senile dementia disease,AD has no effective methods for early diagnoses.AD is characterized by the deposition of intracellular amyloid β (Aβ) plaques and extracellular neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) in the brain.In addition to allomnesia and cognitive disorder,ocular manifestation such as cataracts exists in AD patients.Studies have shown that amyloid-β (Aβ) is deposited not only in the brain but also in crystalline lens.For its structure and special location,crystalline len is more accessible for imaging than the brain,which can provide a simple,convenient and early diagnosis method for AD.Hence,it is worth investigating the relationship between Alzheimer's disease and cataracts.
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Type of study:
Screening study
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
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