Cataract surgery in African Americans with long anterior lens zonules.

Clin Exp Ophthalmol

Illinois Eye Institute, Department of Clinical Education, Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Published: December 2014

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