Treatment of congenital cataract
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Treatment of Congenital Aniridia Associated with Subluxated Infantile Cataract
A 5 year old boy was presented at Eye clinic University clinical center Tuzla with congenital aniridia in both eyes. Clinical examination revealed visual acuity of 0,08 without correction in right and 0.7 with -5.0 Dsph and -1.0 Dcyl Axx 109° in left eye. Opthalmologic examination showed bilateral aniridia associated with moderate cataract in the right and incipient cataract in the left eye. In...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.045401