Outcome after treatment of congenital bilateral cataract

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 593-597

  Lundvall, Anna ^a   Kugelberg, Ulla ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Congenital bilateral cataract; Infant; Outcome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STRABISMUS; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036914961     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2002.800607.x     Document Type: Article

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