Abstract
Modern technologies of treatment of children with oncohaematological diseases allowed to noticebly increase the survival indexes in this group of patients, enhancing the value of maintenance of their life quality. More than half of those who received long-term steriod and radiation treatment develop cataract that causes decrease in vision. In this review we represent data concerning mechanisms of cataract formation in patients after steriod and radiation treatment, results of anatomical, physiological and biochemical studies of the lens as well as metabolic changes in aqueous humor leading to cataract formation.
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