Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 258-264 , February 2007

Clinical effects of primary posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis in eyes with single-piece hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lenses with and without haptic angulation

,Accepted 1 October 2006.

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

PII: S0886-3350(06)01371-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.10.030

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 258-264 , February 2007

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