Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 396-401 , March 2010

Optical aberrations in professional baseball players

Received 2 April 2009 ,Revised 16 September 2009 ,Accepted 21 September 2009.

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 Alcon, Inc., Ft. Worth, Texas, USA, donated the LADARwave system and Ophthonix, Inc., San Diego, California, USA, donated the Z-Wave system.

PII: S0886-3350(09)01125-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.09.032

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 396-401 , March 2010