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Freeman, Cataract Surgery and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Is There An Association Between Cataract Surgery and Age-Related Macular
Degeneration?
Data from Three Population-Based Studies
Ellen E. Freeman, MSc
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Beatriz Munoz, MSc
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Sheila K. West, PhD
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James M. Tielsch, PhD
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Oliver D. Schein, MD, MPH
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The Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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International Health Department, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Baltimore, Maryland
Corresponding Author: Oliver Schein, MD, 116 Wilmer Building, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600
N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287-9019; Phone 410-955-8179; Fax 410-614-9651; Email:
oschein@jhmi.edu
DISCLOSURE
This research was supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Alcon Laboratories,
Inc., Fort Worth, Texas; NEI grants (K24EY00395, EY11283); and an NIA grant (AG16294).
Dr. Sheila West is a Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Scientific Investigator. Dr. Schein is
a consultant to Alcon Research, Ltd.
