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CHANGES in the refractive index of the crystalline lens of experimental animals after administration of dimethyl sulphoxide have been described in dogs after oral doses and in pigs and rabbits after oral and dermal application1. These changes have not previously been described in monkeys2.
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BARNETT, K., NOEL, P. Dimethyl Sulphoxide and Lens Changes in Primates. Nature 214, 1115–1116 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141115a0
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