Open AccessPOSTTRANSPLANT CATARACT: LESSONS FROM KIDNEY-PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION
Author(s) -
Rami P Pai,
Paul Mitchell,
Vincent C.C. Chow,
Jeremy Chapman,
Philip O'Çonnell,
Richard Allen,
Brian J. Nankivell
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200003270-00015
Subject(s) - medicine , visual acuity , transplantation , azathioprine , diabetic retinopathy , cataract surgery , ophthalmology , immunosuppression , surgery , pancreas transplantation , prednisolone , diabetes mellitus , kidney transplantation , endocrinology , disease
Cataract is a major cause of visual disturbance after transplantation. Although corticosteroid therapy has been linked with posterior subcapsular cataract, its natural history in the cyclosporine era is not well understood.