Management of pediatric aphakia with Silsoft contact lenses

CLAO Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 209-212

  Aasuri, Murali Krishnamachary ^a   Venkata, Nagaraju ^a   Preetam, Padmaja ^a   Rao, Nagaraja T ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMER; SILICONE;

APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; COST; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAFETY; SCAR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

APHAKIA; APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032702609     PISSN: 07338902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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