A randomized, double-masked clinical trial of Optisol-GS vs Chen Medium for human corneal storage

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1280-1285

  Naor, Joel ^a,b   Slomovic, Allan R ^a   Chipman, Mary ^a   Rootman, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA PRESERVATION; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PRESERVATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PACHOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 0036822477     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.120.10.1280     Document Type: Article

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