Refractive error changes in cortical, nuclear, and posterior subcapsular cataracts

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 964-967

  Pesudovs, Konrad ^a   Elliott, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LENS NUCLEUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUPIL; REFRACTION INDEX; SPECTACLES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT; HUMANS; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 0041705923     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.8.964     Document Type: Article

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