Aqualase for cataract extraction

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-194

  Hughes, E H ^a   Mellington, F E ^a   Whitefield, L A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; LIQUEFACTION; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33947408709     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702162     Document Type: Article

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