Complications after early surgery for congenital cataracts

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 677-680

  Lundvall, Anna ^a   Zetterström, Charlotta ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

After cataract; Aphakic glaucoma; Cataract surgery; Complications; Infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CONGENITAL CATARACT; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULECTOMY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0033451924     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770614.x     Document Type: Article

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