A possible strategy for implanting blue-blocking intraocular lenses

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Richard M H ^a   Cuthbertson, Fiona M ^b,c   Soderberg, Per ^d   Liu, Christopher S ^a,e  

^a SUSSEX EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Tongdean Eye Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN;

BLUE BLOCKING INTRAOCULAR LENS; BLUE LIGHT; CATARACT; CELL AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE PROTECTION; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; LETTER; NIGHT VISION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHOTOTOXICITY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION INJURY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUN EXPOSURE; VISUAL ACUITY; YELLOW INTRAOCULAR LENS;

HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; LIGHT; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 84857788680     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02166.x     Document Type: Letter

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