Discrete nuclear sclerosis in young patients with myopia

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1178-1180

  Kaufman, Barry J ^a   Sugar, Joel ^a  

^a University of Illinois Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A SCAN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029842558     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100140378001     Document Type: Article

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