A surgical technique for posterior lameliar keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 618-626

  Melles, Gerrit R J ^a   Eggink, Fred A G J ^a   Lander, Frank ^b   Pels, Elisabeth ^c   Rietveld, Frank J R ^d   Beekhuis, W Houdijn ^a   Binder, Perry S ^e  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b the Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e Cornea Serv Rotterdam Eye Hosp ^*

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Corneal transplantation; Endothelium; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CADAVER; CAT; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031729571     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199811000-00010     Document Type: Article

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