Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 1035-1040 , July 2000

Phacoemulsification and intraocular lens placement in eyes with cataract and congenital coloboma: visual acuity and complications1

Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA, May 1999.

  • Michael L Nordlund, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    • ,
  • Alan Sugar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    • ,
  • Sayoko E Moroi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Sayoko E. Moroi, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, 1000 Wall Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105 USA

,Accepted 20 March 2000.

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☆ Supported in part by a grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, New York, USA.

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Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 1035-1040 , July 2000

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