The accommodation of lens implants

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 156-158

  Weale, R A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Capsular elasticity; Ciliary muscle; Presbyopia

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CILIARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; CILIARY BODY; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PRESBYOPIA; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 22544444529     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086169     Document Type: Article

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