Lattice corneal dystrophy: Epithelial macroerosions in clear corneal grafts

Cornea

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 451-454

  Brodovsky, Stephen ^a   Taylor, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corneal transplantation; Lattice corneal dystrophy; Recurrent epithelial erosions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EROSION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; NUCLEAR FAMILY; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031782479     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199807000-00019     Document Type: Article

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