The yellow intraocular lens and the natural ageing lens

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-43

  Yang, Hongseok ^a   Afshari, Natalie A ^b  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

blue light filtering intraocular lens; cataract; phacoemulsification; ultraviolet blocking intraocular lens; yellow tinted intraocular lens

Indexed keywords

BLUE LIGHT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARK ADAPTATION; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; PATHOGENESIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGING; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; LIGHT; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RETINA;

EID: 84890551739     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000020     Document Type: Review

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