Axial length, myopia, and the severity of lens opacity at the time of cataract surgery

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1586-1590

  Kubo, E ^a   Kumamoto, Y ^a   Tsuzuki, S ^a   Akagi, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33750978126     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.11.1586     Document Type: Review

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