Opacification of Hydrophilic Acrylic Intraocular Lens Attributable to Calcification: Investigation on Mechanism

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Gartaganis, Sotirios P ^a   Kanellopoulou, Dimitra G ^b   Mela, Ephigenia K ^a   Panteli, Vassiliki S ^a   Koutsoukos, Petros G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; HYDROXYAPATITE; HYDROXYL GROUP; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE; POLYACRYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON DISPERSION SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; MICROANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 49749125006     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.04.032     Document Type: Article

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