Randomised controlled trial of anterior-chamber intraocular lenses

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9059, 1997, Pages 1129-1133

  Hennig, A ^f   Evans, J R ^a   Pradhan, D ^f   Johnson, G J ^b   Pokhrel, R P ^c   Gregson, R M C ^d   Hayes, R ^e   Wormald, R P L ^a   Foster, A ^b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh   (Nepal)

^d QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA ULCER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030889709     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)11043-6     Document Type: Article

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