The ongoing battle against posterior capsular opacification

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 555-556

  Wilson Jr , M Edward ^a   Trivedi, Rupal H ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; YAG LASER;

CATARACT; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34247168415     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.125.4.555     Document Type: Editorial

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