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. 2000;13(34):17-9.

Vision 2020: the cataract challenge

, editors.

Affiliations

Affiliation

¹ Medical Director, CBM International, Senior Lecturer, Department of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Keppel Street, London WC1, UK

PMID: 17491949
PMCID: PMC1705965

Vision 2020: the cataract challenge

Editor:Allen Foster. Community Eye Health. 2000.

. 2000;13(34):17-9.

Editor

Affiliation

¹ Medical Director, CBM International, Senior Lecturer, Department of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Keppel Street, London WC1, UK

PMID: 17491949
PMCID: PMC1705965

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Figures

None — Bilateral cataract in a relatively young woman Photo: Murray McGavin

None — Hypermature cataract Photo: David Yorston

Fig. 1 — Fig. 1
Global Estimates of the Number of Eyes with < 6/60 due to Cataract

Fig. 2 — Fig. 2
Schematic Representation of Cataract

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