Clinical indications for penetrating keratoplasty in Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, 1996-1999

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 206-211

  Chaidaroon, Winai ^a   Ngamtiphakorn, Suphop ^a   Ausayakhun, Somsanguan ^a   Prasitsilp, Jeradach ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bullous Keratopathy; Penetrating Keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA ULCER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; LENS IMPLANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THAILAND; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0038205524     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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