Management and outcomes of cataract in children: The Toronto experience

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 249-254

  Lim, Zena ^a   Rubab, Sheila ^b   Chan, Yiong H ^c   Levin, Alex V ^d  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b Saskatoon City Hospital   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOPHAKIA; STRABISMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; ONTARIO; PSEUDOPHAKIA; STRABISMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84865069317     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: 15283933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2011.12.158     Document Type: Article

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