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Abstract
Clouding or loss of transparency of the posterior lens capsule, usually following CATARACT extraction.
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- Secondary Cataract
- Capsule Opacifications
- Cataract, Secondary
- Cataracts, Secondary
- Opacification, Capsule
- Opacifications, Capsule
- Secondary Cataracts
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2011
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- Lens, Crystalline/pathology (1985-2010)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Capsule Opacification. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D058442. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D058442
- Capsule Opacification. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54971415