Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 7 , Pages 1109-1114 , July 2006

Iris fixation of foldable intraocular lenses for ectopia lentis in children

,Accepted 4 January 2006.

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 Presented in part at the 30th Meeting of the European Paediatric Ophthalmological Society, Manchester, United Kingdom, October 2004.No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(06)00320-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.01.096

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 7 , Pages 1109-1114 , July 2006

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