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What is a posterior subcapsular cataract and ischemia of the optic nerve?
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2 different things: Posterior subcapsular cataract is a change in the lens transparency from deposits and alteration of the back capsule of the lens. Ischemia of the optic nerve is deficiency of the blood supply to the main nerve of sight with loss of vision.
Answered 4/23/2019
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