Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 10 , Pages 1672-1677 , October 2006

Primary intraocular lens implantation in infants: Complications and visual results

  • Anna Lundvall, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Anna Lundvall, St. Erik's Eye Hospital/Karolinska Institute, Polhemsgatan 50, SE-112 82 Stockholm, Sweden.
    • ,
  • Charlotta Zetterström, MD, PhD

,Accepted 17 May 2006.

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 Neither author has a proprietary or financial interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(06)00841-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.05.004

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 10 , Pages 1672-1677 , October 2006

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