Penetrating keratoplasty in children: Visual and graft outcome

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1212-1214

  McClellan, K ^a   Lai, T ^a   Grigg, J ^a   Billson, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATOCONUS; MALE; NEWBORN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0141748417     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.10.1212     Document Type: Review

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