Iris Varix as a Cause of Late-Onset Inflammation after Implantation of a Phakic Iris Claw Lens

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2012; 229(4): 462-463
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1299255

Der interessante Fall

Irisvarize als Ursache einer verzögerten Entzündung nach Implantation einer Iris-Clip-Linse ins phake Auge

Authors

P. Tschuor

¹Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
F. Hafezi

²Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
F. Majo

¹Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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