Acquired central corneal thickness increase following removal of childhood cataracts

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Lim, Zena ^a,b   Muir, Kelly W ^a   Duncan, Lois ^a   Freedman, Sharon F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA;

EID: 79951814623     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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