Primary intraocular lens implantation for penetrating lens trauma in Africa

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1770-1774

  Bowman, Richard J C ^a,b   Yorston, David ^a   Wood, Mark ^a   Gilbert, Clare ^b   Foster, Allen ^b  

^a Kikuyu Eye Unit   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LENS CAPSULE; LENS DISEASE; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031765462     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)99052-2     Document Type: Article

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