Penetrating keratoplasty in patients with corneal scarring due to trachoma

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 734-741

  Kocak Midillioglu, Inci ^a,c   Akova, Yonca Aydin ^a,b   Koçak Altintas, Ayse Gul ^a   Aslan, Bekir S ^a   Duman, Sunay ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; MITOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPLASTY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; TRACHOMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CICATRIX; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032719897     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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