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Force of lifelong crystalline lens growth: chronic traumatic mechanical insult to the choroid.
Strenk Lawrence M, Guo Suqin, Lu Kenneth, Werner Liliana, Strenk Susan A
J Cataract Refract SurgMar 20220 citationsRetrospective Study
Lifelong lens growth applies increasing mechanical force, stretching the choroid. This chronic insult may be an intraocular pressure-independent risk factor for retinal diseases like glaucoma and macular degeneration.