CLINICAL TYPES OF CATARACTS IN A LONG-TERM PERIOD AFTER ACUTE RADIATION SICKNESS.

Radiation cataract has not been detected in 14 reconvalescents of ARS in the remote period after irra- diation; the radiation doses of these patients significantly exceeds the threshold levels. Therefore, the absence of it's signs in the remote period in individuals exposed to doses above 2 Gy may indicate that this well-known radia- tion-induced effect is stochastic. Further analysis of the clinical features of the len's pathology in the reconvales- cents of ARS is promising for the study of the mechanism of damage to the lens in this category of victims of the Chornobyl accident.