Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 9 , Pages 1509-1514 , September 2007

Management of the hard posterior polar cataract

  • Soon-Phaik Chee, FRCOphth

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Soon-Phaik Chee, FRCOphth, Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751 Singapore.

,Accepted 27 May 2007.

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 The author has no financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(07)01063-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.05.027

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 9 , Pages 1509-1514 , September 2007

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