Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 769-773 , May 2008

Intraindividual comparison of color contrast sensitivity in patients with clear and blue-light-filtering intraocular lenses

,Accepted 18 December 2007.

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

 Presented at the XXIV Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, London, United Kingdom, September 2006.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00155-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.12.034

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 769-773 , May 2008

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