Contrast sensitivity function after cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 79-91

  Mela, Ephigenia K ^a,b   Gartaganis, Sotirios P ^a   Koliopoulos, John X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

cataract surgery; contrast sensitivity; intraocular lens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOPHAKIA;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030433301     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02583280     Document Type: Article

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