Gender-related differences in cataract surgery outcome: A 5-year follow-up

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 543-548

  Lundqvist, Britta ^a,b   Mönestam, Eva ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery outcome; Gender; Long term results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 48449102371     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.01099.x     Document Type: Article

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