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Equipment and Supplies > Prostheses and Implants > Lenses, Intraocular > Phakic Intraocular Lenses
Equipment and Supplies > Optical Devices > Lenses > Lenses, Intraocular > Phakic Intraocular Lenses

Preferred term

Phakic Intraocular Lenses  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Intraocular Lens, Phakic
  • Lens, Intraocular, Phakic
  • Lens, Phakic Intraocular
  • Phakic Intraocular Lens

Scope note

  • Lenses, generally made of plastic or silicone, that are implanted into the eye in front of the natural EYE LENS, by the IRIS, to improve VISION, OCULAR. These intraocular lenses are used to supplement the natural lens instead of replacing it.

History note

  • 2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054120

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