Intraocular lens implantation in children

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-55

  Dahan, Elie ^a  

^a Oxford Eye Center   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LENS IMPLANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; LENS POWER; MICROPHTHALMIA; MYOPIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTACLES; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHILD; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033958487     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200002000-00008     Document Type: Article

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