Axial length and age at cataract surgery

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1045-1048

  Tuft, Stephen J ^a   Bunce, Catey ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CATARACT; EYE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2342611985     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.09.053     Document Type: Article

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