Assessment of visual function in cataract patients with a mean visual acuity of 6/9

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 5-9

  Pesudovs, Konrad ^a   Coster, Douglas J ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMAN; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; PSEUDOPHAKIA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0029817653     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1996.tb00981.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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