Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 199-204 , February 2008

Visual acuity tolerance to residual refractive errors in patients with an apodized diffractive intraocular lens

,Accepted 30 October 2007.

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

PII: S0886-3350(07)01933-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.10.020

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 199-204 , February 2008