Laser cataract surgery

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-58

  Aasuri, Murali K ^a   Basti, Surendra ^b  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATARACT EXTRACTION; ERBIUM YAG LASER; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY;

EID: 0033027282     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199902000-00010     Document Type: Review

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