Cataracts and cataract surgery in mentally retarded adults

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 50-53

  Wu, Theodore T ^a   Amini, Lina ^b   Leffler, Christopher T ^c   Schwartz, Stephen G ^d  

^a Virginia Eye Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Intraocular lens; Mental retardation; Phacoemulsification; Posterior capsular opacification; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KERATOPATHY; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 18944367098     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000134520.49016.4B     Document Type: Article

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