Pediatric cataracts

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-55

  Wright, Kenneth W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; APHAKIA; BINOCULAR VISION; CATARACT; CONGENITAL CATARACT; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STRABISMUS;

EID: 0030940370     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199702000-00011     Document Type: Short Survey

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