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Lens Findings in Atomic Bomb SurvivorsA Review of Major Ophthalmic Surveys at the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (1949-1962)
Robert J. Miller, MD;
Tadashi Fujino, MD;
M. Dean Nefzger, PhD
Arch Ophthalmol. 1967;78(6):697-704.
Abstract
In the eye examinations of Japanese survivors of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there is only one finding which is consistently present in all examinations throughout the years. This is the presence of posterior subcapsular changes in the lens. These changes range from those barely discernible with the slitlamp biomicroscope, through a heavy posterior subcapsular plaque and, in a few instances, to complete opacification of the lens. Except for the very few instances, in which there is marked opacity of the lens, there is little alteration in the visual acuity of the patients. No other eye findings attributable to radiation have been found.
Author Affiliations
Washington, DC
From the departments of ophthalmology and statistics, Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, a research agency of the US National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council. Dr. Miller is presently at the Sunnyvale Medical Clinic, Sunnyvale, Calif; Dr. Fujino is now at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan.
Footnotes
Submitted for publication April 3, 1967.
Reprint requests to Sunnyvale Medical Clinic, 596 Carroll St, Sunnyvale, Calif 94086 (Dr. Miller).
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