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I am not going to give an extensive classification of cataracts, and I refer for that to the excellent work by Nicholas Brown (1976). I would like to discuss some specific genetic problems based on observations of lens pathology.
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Maumenee, I.H. (1979). Genetics of Cataracts. In: Francois, J., Maumenee, E., Esente, I. (eds) First International Congress on Cataract Surgery, Florence, 1978. Documententa Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9613-7_4
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