Cataract surgery reduces subjective visual disability

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Pesudovs, Konrad ^a,b   Coster, D J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cataract; Cataract surgery; Lens Opacities Classification System III; Visual disability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0030871920     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1997.tb01742.x     Document Type: Article

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