Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 11 , Pages 1893-1905 , November 2009

Role of ultrasound and biomicroscopy in evaluation of anterior segment anatomy in congenital and developmental cataract cases

Received 24 May 2009 ,Accepted 4 July 2009.

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

 Presented at the annual meeting of the Egyptian Ophthalmological Society, Cairo, Egypt, March 2009.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00784-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.07.007

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 11 , Pages 1893-1905 , November 2009