Corneal banking and grafting. The background to the Danish Eye Bank System, where corneas await their patients

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 572-578

  Ehlers, Niels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cornea; Corneal banking; Corneal grafting; Eye bank; Surgery; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENMARK; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EYEBANK; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEROLOGY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DENMARK; EYE BANKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PORTRAITS;

EID: 0036910785     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2002.800604.x     Document Type: Article

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