Outcome of penetrating keratoplasty in rheumatoid arthritis

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 249-255

  Pleyer, Uwe ^a   Bertelmann, Eckart ^a   Rieck, Peter ^a   Hartmann, Christian ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Keratolysis; Penetrating keratoplasty; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENUCLEATION; EVISCERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KERATOLYSIS; KERATOPATHY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PERFORATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CORNEAL DISEASES; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036040007     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063847     Document Type: Article

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