Blood-aqueous barrier after mechanical or non-mechanical excimer laser trephination in penetrating keratoplasty

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-181

  Küchle, Michael ^a   Nguyen, Nhung X ^a   Seitz, Berthold ^a   Langenbucher, Achim ^a   Naumann, Gottfried O H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD EYE BARRIER; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; LASER FLARE CELL METER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032005392     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)80088-9     Document Type: Article

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