Liquefied aftercataract: A complication of continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis and intraocular lens implantation in the lens capsule

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 429-435

  Miyake, Kensaku ^a,b   Ichiro, Ota ^a   Miyake, Sampei ^a   Horiguchi, Masayuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Miyake Eye Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UVEITIS;

EID: 0032052165     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)80182-2     Document Type: Article

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