The Impact of Early Lens Opacity Progression on Visual Acuity and Refraction

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 242-246

  Rouhiainen, Päivi ^a   Rouhiainen, Harri ^a   Salonen, Jukka T ^b  

^a Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cataract; Lens opacity; LOCS II; Refractive error; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030927421     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000310799     Document Type: Article

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