Age at the time of cataract surgery and relative risk for aphakic glaucoma in nontraumatic infantile cataract

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-169

  Khan, Arif O ^a   Al Dahmesh, Saad ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CASE STUDY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CORNEA DISEASE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 64749092306     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2008.10.020     Document Type: Article

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