American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 130, Issue 3 , Pages 304-309 , September 2000

The Madurai Intraocular Lens Study IV: posterior capsule opacification

  • N.Venkatesh Prajna, MD

      Affiliations

    • Aravind Eye Hospitals and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai, India
    • ,
  • Leon B Ellwein, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests to Leon B. Ellwein, PhD, National Eye Institute, Building 31, Room 6A04, 31 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892-2510; fax: (301) 496-9970
    • ,
  • S Selvaraj, MS

      Affiliations

    • Aravind Eye Hospitals and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai, India
    • ,
  • K Manjula, MD

      Affiliations

    • Aravind Eye Hospitals and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai, India
    • ,
  • Carl Kupfer, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

,Accepted 21 March 2000.

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☆ This work was supported by the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, under purchase order 263-MD-806889 and contract N01-EY-2103.

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