Cataract and glaucoma surgery in pseudoexfoliation syndrome: a review
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Pseudoexfoliation syndrome and cataract surgery.
Pseudoexfoliation syndrome is a systemic age-related disease in which abnormal extracellular material is produced and accumulates in many ocular tissues. Its ocular manifestations involve all of the structures of the anterior segment as well as conjunctiva and orbital structures. The presence of pseudoexfoliation should alert the physicians to the increased risks associated during and after cat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1395-3907
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.00903.x