Cataract patients with pseudoexfoliation (PEX) syndrome among a population with high prevalence of PEX. Clinical findings and morphological and surgical characteristics;Kataraktpatienten mit pseudoexfoliations- (PEX-)syndrom in einer bevölkerung mit hoher PEX-prävalenz. Klinische befunde, morphologische und operative besonderheiten

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1181-1185

  Bialasiewicz, A A ^a   Wali, U ^a   Shenoy, R ^a   Al Saeidi, R ^a  

^a Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences   (Oman)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Combined surgery; Confocal corneal microscopy; Pachymetry; Pseudoexfoliation; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CATARACT; CAUCASIAN; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LENS SUBLUXATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; UNITED STATES; VITREOUS DISEASE; AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644835987     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-005-1227-1     Document Type: Article

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