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Peripheral defocus of monofocal intraocular lenses

Ramya Natarajan1, Bianca Maceo Heilman, Arthur Ho

  • 1From the Ophthalmic Biophysics Laboratory, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India (Natarajan, Singh, Mohamed, Vadavalli); Ophthalmic Biophysics Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida (Heilman, Ruggeri, Parel, Manns); Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami College of Engineering, Coral Gables, Florida (Heilman, Ruggeri, Parel, Manns); Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; School of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Ho); Cataract & Refractive surgery services, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India (Singh, Reddy, Vadavalli); The Shantilal Shanghvi Cornea Institute, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India (Vadavalli).

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