Cataract and surgery for cataract

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7559, 2006, Pages 128-132

  Allen, David ^a   Vasavada, Abhay ^b  

^a SUNDERLAND EYE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ILADEVI CATARACT AND IOL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATOPY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; LENS; LENS FIBER; LENS IMPLANT; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FORECASTING; METHODOLOGY;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746233334     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.333.7559.128     Document Type: Review

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