Contact lenses for the treatment of pediatric cataracts

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 299-305

  Ma, Joseph J K ^a,b   Morad, Yair ^a   Mau, Elaine ^b   Brent, Henry P ^a   Barclay, Robert ^c   Levin, Alex V ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Swedish American Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ANXIETY; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVERS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT LENSES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037317390     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01557-9     Document Type: Article

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