Posterior capsule opacification

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 56-64

  Clark, Donald S ^a  

^a MEDAREX INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; IMMUNOTOXIN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); SILICON;

ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LENS CAPSULE; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REOPERATION;

EID: 0033972323     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200002000-00009     Document Type: Article

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