Nuclear Cataract and Myopic Shift in Refraction

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 457-459

  Samarawickrama, Chameen ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a   Burlutsky, George ^a   Tan, Ava G ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR CATARACT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 34548272016     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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