Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2349-2353 , November 2004

Predicting cataract surgery results using a macular function test

,Accepted 26 February 2004.

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☆ Presented at the XIXth Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2001.

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

PII: S0886-3350(04)00541-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.05.006

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2349-2353 , November 2004

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