Repair of scleromalacia using preserved scleral graft with amniotic membrane transplantation

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 288-293

  Oh, Jung Hwan ^b   Kim, Jae Chan ^a  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane transplantation; Preserved scleral graft; Scleromalacia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SCLEROMALACIA; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNION; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; SCLERAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037648764     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200305000-00002     Document Type: Article

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