Is cataract surgery justified in patients with age-related macular degeneration?

Evidence-Based Eye Care

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 136-137

  Armbrecht, A M ^b   Findlay, C ^b   Kaushal, S ^b   Aspinall, P ^b   Hill, A R ^b   Dhillon, B ^b   Chew, Emily Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 3042800931     PISSN: 15258599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132578-200107000-00006     Document Type: Short Survey

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