A note on a possible relation between refraction and a disposition for senile nuclear cataract.
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- 1 May 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 64 (5), 311-314
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.64.5.311
Abstract
A study was made of records of patients who have had at least 1 senile cataract removed and for whom refraction records were available. The risk of a cataract occurring was determined as a function of precataractous refraction. Emmetropia was found to provide a sharp borderline between the low risk (about 1:1000) of hypermetropes and an increasing risk (about 1:100) for moderate myopes for patients in their early 60s.Keywords
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