Acquired Albinism with Intraocular Depigmentation
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Implantation of phakic intraocular lens in 3 patients with oculocutaneous albinism.
UNLABELLED We present 3 cases with oculocutaneous albinism in which a high refractive error was optically corrected by implantation of an Artisan iris-fixated phakic intraocular lens, with a follow-up of 8 to 14 years. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1961
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591576105400819