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Cells Posterior Chronic Risk Factors Subcapsular Cataract Topical

Front What are the risk factors for posterior subcapsular cataract?
Back ● Chronic topical steroids ● Ionizing radiation ● Chronic vitritis ● Posterior migration of lens epithelial cells from the equator, during which time the cells swell to 5x the normal size. These are called bladder cells/Wedl cells

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