Changes in human donor corneas preserved for longer than 4 weeks

Cornea

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-65

  Redbrake, Claudia ^a   Salla, Sabine ^a   Frantz, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cornea; Endothelium; Metabolism; Organ culture

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA PRESERVATION; DONOR; EYEBANK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LACTOSE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGAN PRESERVATION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0031974378     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199801000-00009     Document Type: Review

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