Cornea procurement from very old donors: Post organ culture cornea outcome and recipient graft outcome

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 404-411

  Gain, Philippe ^a   Thuret, G ^a   Chiquet, C ^a   Rizzi, P ^a   Pugniet, J L ^a   Acquart, S ^b   Colpart, J J ^c   Le Petit, J C ^b   Maugery, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b Auvergne/Loire French Blood Center   (France)

^c French Graft Agency   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA PRESERVATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EUROPE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ORGAN CULTURE; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036216638     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.4.404     Document Type: Article

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