Aspiration curette for anterior capsule polishing: Laboratory and clinical evaluation

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1997-2003

  Menapace, Rupert ^a   Di Nardo, Silvio ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; LABORATORY TEST; LENS IMPLANT; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TITRIMETRY;

EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VACUUM CURETTAGE;

EID: 33751430934     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.07.028     Document Type: Article

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