Transplantation of corneal endothelium with Descemet's membrane using a hyroxyethyl methacrylate polymer as a carrier

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-137

  Shimmura, S ^a,d   Miyashita, H ^a   Konomi, K ^a   Shinozaki, N ^a   Taguchi, T ^b   Kobayashi, H ^b   Shimazaki, J ^a   Tanaka, J ^b   Tsubota, K ^a,c  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Dental College   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; INDOCYANINE GREEN; TRYPAN BLUE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTINUOUS CURVILINEAR DESCEMETORHEXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CYSTOTOME; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DISSECTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYEBANK; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRODISSECTION; HYDROLOGY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PACHYMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STAINING; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHACRYLATES; RABBITS;

EID: 12944326260     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.050591     Document Type: Article

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