Effect of expandable full-size intraocular lenses on lens centration and capsule opacification in rabbits

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 347-356

  Assia, Ehud I ^a,b   Blumenthal, Michael ^b   Apple, David J ^c  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ACCOMMODATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; HYDROGEL; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0033005514     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(99)80082-0     Document Type: Article

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