The course of age-related macular degeneration following bilateral cataract surgery

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 286-294

  Pollack, Ayala ^a   Bukelman, Amir ^b   Zalish, Miriam ^b   Leiba, Hana ^b   Oliver, Moshe ^b  

^a KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031954443     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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