Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 12 , Pages 2121-2126 , December 2009

Glistenings in a large series of hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses

Presented in part at the XXVI Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, Berlin, Germany, September 2008.

  • Joseph Colin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Joseph Colin, MD, Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, Place Amélie Raba Léon, 33 000 Bordeaux, France.
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  • Isabelle Orignac, MD
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  • David Touboul, MD

Received 12 February 2009 ,Revised 12 June 2009 ,Accepted 16 June 2009.

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 Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Supported by Alcon, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00782-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.06.029

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 12 , Pages 2121-2126 , December 2009

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