Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 9 , Pages 1404-1405 , September 2006

Reply: Blue-blocking intraocular lenses and pseudophakic scotopic sensitivity

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    See editors' note about these letters on following page.

PII: S0886-3350(06)00819-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.07.007

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 9 , Pages 1404-1405 , September 2006