Bilateral cataract following lightning injury

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 624-626

  Gupta, Arvind ^a,b   Kaliaperumal, S ^a   Sengupta, S ^a   Babu, R ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b C/o Mr Ashok Kumar Gupta FD 315 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Anterior subcapsular; Bilateral cataract; Lightning; Posterior subcapsular; Posterior vitreous detachment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRIC INJURY; FOOT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SLIT LAMP; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; WOUND; EYE INJURY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CATARACT; EYE INJURIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LIGHTNING INJURIES; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; VISION DISORDERS; VITREOUS DETACHMENT;

EID: 33750612138     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210601600422     Document Type: Article

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