Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 368-376 , March 2008

Sources of error in intraocular lens power calculation

  • Sverker Norrby, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Sverker Norrby, PhD, Chief Scientist, AMO Groningen BV, NL-9728 NX, Groningen, The Netherlands.

,Accepted 16 October 2007.

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

 Presented in part at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA, March 2006.

PII: S0886-3350(07)02047-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.10.031

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 368-376 , March 2008

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