Epithelial downgrowth after clear cornea phacoemulsification: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2331-2335

  Vargas, Luis G ^a   Vroman, David T ^a   Solomon, Kerry D ^a   Holzer, Mike P ^a   Escobar Gomez, Marcela ^a   Schmidbauer, Josef M ^a   Apple, David J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOTHERAPY; EPITHELIAL DOWNGROWTH; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISION; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CRYOTHERAPY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036897464     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01274-5     Document Type: Article

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