Cataract surgery in patients with age-related macular degeneration: One-year outcomes

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 686-693

  Armbrecht, Ana Maria ^a,b   Findlay, Catherine ^c   Aspinall, Peter Alan ^c   Hill, Adrian Robert ^d   Dhillon, Baljean ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANK SUM TEST; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION;

EID: 0345829933     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(02)01650-4     Document Type: Article

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