Safety profile of primary intraocular lens implantation in children below 2 years of age

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 477-480

  Gupta, Amit ^a   Kekunnaya, Ramesh ^a   Ramappa, Muralidhar ^a   Vaddavalli, Pravin K ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE SYNECHIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HARD CONTACT LENS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PIGMENTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT CONTACT LENS; VISUAL ACUITY;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79952990082     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.184606     Document Type: Article

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