Grading infantile cataracts

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 372-379

  Forster, J E ^a   Abadi, R V ^a   Muldoon, M ^a   Lloyd, I C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grading; Infantile cataracts; Surgical management; Visual deprivation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENS; MALE; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33745651151     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2006.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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