Indications for pediatric keratoplasty in India

Cornea

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 296-298

  Dada, Tanuj ^a   Sharma, Namrata ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Corneal opacity; Keratoplasty; Pediatric keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA OPACITY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INDIA; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NYSTAGMUS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRABISMUS;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0032964094     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199905000-00009     Document Type: Article

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