Is pseudophakic astigmatism a desirable goal?

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 213-216

  Nagpal, Kamal M ^a   Desai, Chirag ^a   Trivedi, Rupal H ^a   Vasavada, Abhay R ^a  

^a ILADEVI CATARACT AND IOL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Against the rule; Astigmatism; Pseudophakia; Unaided visual acuity; With the rule

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOPHAKIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034279497     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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