Penetrating keratoplasty in children

Cornea

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 140-144

  Aasuri, Murali K ^a   Garg, Prashant ^a   Gokhle, Nikhil ^a   Gupta, Satish ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Allograft rejection; Bilateral grafts; Congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy; Graft failure; Pediatric keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYE BANKS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034049529     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200003000-00004     Document Type: Article

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