Graft failure in human donor corneas due to transmission of herpes simplex virus

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 701-705

  Biswas, S ^a   Suresh, P ^a   Bonshek, R E ^a   Corbitt, G ^b   Tullo, A B ^a   Ridgway, A E A ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; NECROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0033934569     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.7.701     Document Type: Article

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