Intraocular lens power prediction in a Vietnamese population. A study to establish a limited set of intraocular lens powers that could be used in a Vietnamese population

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 147-158

  La Nauze, James ^a   Thanh, Ton Kim ^b   Lap, Tran Dinh ^c   Tai, Ngo Anh ^c   Chau, Nguyen Thi Nhat ^c   Chuong, Hoang Ngoc ^c   Van Nam, Phan ^c  

^a FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION   (Australia)

^b Vietnamese Natl Inst of O   (Viet Nam)

^c Hue Central Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Axial length; Cataract surgery; Intraocular lens; Keratometry; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; LENS IMPLANT; LENS POWER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTICS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIETNAM; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032709141     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.6.3.147.1506     Document Type: Article

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