Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 9 , Pages 1993-1997 , September 2004

Spring constants of capsular tension rings

  • Sabine Kurz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Dr. med. Sabine Kurz, Department of Ophthalmology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55101 Mainz, Germany.
    • ,
  • H. Burkhard Dick, MD

,Accepted 14 January 2004.

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 None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.12.031

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 9 , Pages 1993-1997 , September 2004

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