Is manual counting of corneal endothelial cell density in eye banks still acceptable? The French experience

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1481-1486

  Thuret, G ^a,b   Manissolle, C ^b   Acquart, S ^c   Le Petit, J C ^c   Maugery, J ^b   Campos Guyotat, L ^b   Doughty, M J ^d   Gain, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b SERVICE DE NEUROLOGIE   (France)

^c ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^d GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYEBANK; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALIBRATION; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; FRANCE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0347517739     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.12.1481     Document Type: Article

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