Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 1101-1103 , June 2005

Secondary anterior capsulotomy in pseudophakic eyes

  • Kenji Kawai, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Kenji Kawai, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture 259-1193, Japan.

,Accepted 3 November 2004.

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 The author does not have a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(05)00037-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.11.037

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 1101-1103 , June 2005

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