ARCHIVES OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, cilt.117, sa.10, ss.1368-1372, 1999 (SCI-Expanded)
Objectives: To test whether iron accumulation in the lens following cigarette smoke exposure is the principal mechanism in smoke-related cataractogenesis and to assess the possible protective effect of deferoxamine mesylate treatment against lenticular degeneration with in vivo exposure to cigarette smoke.