Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 342-347 , February 2007

Opacification of Array SA40N silicone multifocal intraocular lens

,Accepted 17 September 2006.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Supported in part by the Research to Prevent Blindness Olga Keith Wiess Scholar Award (Werner).Presented as an e-poster at the XXIVth Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, London, England, September 2006.David M. Andrenyak, Center for Human Toxicology, University of Utah, assisted with the laboratory analysis.

PII: S0886-3350(06)01433-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.09.034

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 342-347 , February 2007

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