Presumed stromal graft rejection after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-243

  Al Torbak, Abdullah ^a   Malak, Mohammad ^a   Teichmann, Klaus D ^a   Wagoner, Michael D ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty; Immune mediated stromal rejection; Keratoconus; Lamellar keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 14144250395     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000141230.95601.95     Document Type: Article

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