Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 1204-1209 , July 2009

Clinical application of a Scheimpflug system for lens density measurements in phacoemulsification

  • Jung-Sub Kim, MD
    • ,
  • So-Hyang Chung, MD, PhD
    • ,
  • Choun-Ki Joo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Choun-Ki Joo, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, #505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701, Korea.

Received 27 December 2008 ,Revised 21 February 2009 ,Accepted 23 February 2009.

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 Jung-Sub Kim and So-Hyang Chung contributed equally to this work and should both be considered first authors.

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

PII: S0886-3350(09)00371-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.02.032

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 1204-1209 , July 2009

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