Corneoscleral discs excised from enucleated and non-enucleated eyes are equally suitable for transplantation

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 483-486

  Garweg, Justus ^a   Hagenah, Michael ^b   Engelmann, Katrin ^c   Böhnke, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contamination; Corneal endothelium; Corneal transplantation; Dissection in situ; Organ culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENUCLEATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031466102     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00132.x     Document Type: Article

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