The world through a lens: The vision of Sir Harold Ridley

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1277-1280

  Moore, Daniel B ^a   Harris, A ^b   Siesky, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; LENS IMPLANTATION; LIFE HISTORY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FORECASTING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR;

EID: 77958585329     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.163956     Document Type: Review

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