Educational paper: Congenital and infantile cataract: Aetiology and management

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 625-630

  Chan, Wai H ^a   Biswas, Susmito ^a   Ashworth, Jane L ^a   Lloyd, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphakia; Congenital cataract; Lensectomy; Pseudophakia

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

AMBLYOPIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BIOMETRY; CONGENITAL CATARACT; GLAUCOMA; INFANT DISEASE; LENS IMPLANT; NYSTAGMUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRABISMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; CATARACT; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANTATION; PSEUDOPHAKIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMBLYOPIA; CATARACT; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; PSEUDOPHAKIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84860271805     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-012-1700-1     Document Type: Review

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