Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 1181-1189 , July 2009

Accuracy of modern intraocular lens power calculation formulas in refractive lens exchange for high myopia and high hyperopia

  • Evdoxia Terzi, MD
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  • Li Wang, MD, PhD
    • ,
  • Thomas Kohnen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Thomas Kohnen, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Goethe University, Department of Ophthalmology, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Received 17 September 2008 ,Revised 24 February 2009 ,Accepted 24 February 2009.

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

PII: S0886-3350(09)00341-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.02.026

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 1181-1189 , July 2009

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