Unusual intermediate-term outcome in three cases of limbal autograft transplantation

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 958-963

  Basti, Surendra ^a,b   Mathur, Umang ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; EYE BURN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033503927     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00516-3     Document Type: Article

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