Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 11 , Pages 1944-1950 , November 2006

Longitudinal changes in subjective and objective visual function 5 years after cataract surgery: Prospective population-based study

  • Britta Lundqvist, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Britta Lundqvist, Department of Clinical Science/Ophthalmology Umeå University, S-901 85 Umeå, Sweden.
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  • Eva Mönestam, MD, PhD

,Accepted 1 June 2006.

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 Presented in part at the XXIInd Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, Paris, France, September 2004.Supported by a grant from Crown Princess Margareta's Foundation for Vision Research (KMA), Stockholm, Sweden.Neither author has a proprietary or financial interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(06)01034-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.06.023

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 11 , Pages 1944-1950 , November 2006

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