Risk factors for graft failure in penetrating keratoplasty

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 584-588

  Yamagami, Satoru ^a,b   Suzuki, Yasuyuki ^a   Tsuru, Tadahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cornea; Cox multiple regression model; Hazard ratio; Multivariate analysis; Penetrating keratoplasty; Prognosis; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADULT; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DONOR; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; IRIS DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030454548     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00740.x     Document Type: Article

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