Factors influencing the suitability of organ-cultured corneas for transplantation

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-24

  Armitage, W John ^a   Easty, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corneal assessment; corneal endothelial cells; corneal organ culture; corneal storage; corneal suitability for penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CORNEA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOSIS; ORGAN CULTURE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEA; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGAN PRESERVATION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0031016465     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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