Quality of corneal donor tissue in the greater-than-75-year age group

Cornea

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 507-511

  Probst, Louis E ^a,c   Halfaker, Bridgette A ^b   Holland, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Cornea; Eye bank donor; Keratoplasty; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA PRESERVATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYEBANK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPLASTY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; SLIT LAMP; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030823731     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199709000-00002     Document Type: Article

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