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Blue light’s benefits vs blue-blocking intraocular lens chromophores

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, 7400 State Line Road, Prairie Village, KS, 66208-3444, USA

    Martin A. Mainster & Patricia L. Turner

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Mainster, M.A., Turner, P.L. Blue light’s benefits vs blue-blocking intraocular lens chromophores. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 250, 1245–1246 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-011-1748-z

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