Longitudinal changes in subjective and objective visual function 5 years after cataract surgery. Prospective population-based study

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1944-1950

  Lundqvist, Britta ^a   Mönestam, Eva ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SELF REPORT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33750454411     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.06.023     Document Type: Article

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