Factors Influencing the Decline in Endothelial Cell Density after Corneal Allograft Rejection

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4747-4752

  Claerhout, Ilse ^a   Beele, Hilde ^a   De Bacquer, Dirk ^a   Kestelyn, Philippe ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CHILD; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0142231932     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0536     Document Type: Article

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