Localized, central optic snowflake degeneration of a polymethyl methacrylate intraocular lens: Clinical report with pathological correlation

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1350-1353

  Dahle, Nathan ^b   Werner, Liliana ^a   Fry, Luther ^b   Mamalis, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LENS DISEASE; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION;

EID: 33748607156     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.9.1350     Document Type: Article

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