Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 11 , Pages 2088-2092 , November 2005

Blue-light filtering intraocular lens in patients with diabetes: Contrast sensitivity and chromatic discrimination

,Accepted 5 April 2005.

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 No author has a financial and proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(05)00676-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.04.029

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 11 , Pages 2088-2092 , November 2005