Glistenings in hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses do affect visual function

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada ; Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Ophthalmology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland ; Department of Ophthalmology, Poznan City Hospital, Poznan, Poland.

George Hh Beiko et al. Clin Ophthalmol. 2013.

. 2013:7:2271-4.

doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S52489. Epub 2013 Nov 27.

¹ Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada ; Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Ophthalmology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland ; Department of Ophthalmology, Poznan City Hospital, Poznan, Poland.

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