A technique to harvest Descemet's membrane with viable endothelial cells for selective transplantation

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 325-330

  Ignacio, Teresa S ^a   Nguyen, Thao T B ^a   Sarayba, Melvin A ^a   Sweet, Paula M ^a   Piovanetti, Omar ^c   Chuck, Roy S ^a,b,c   Behrens, Ashley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIZARIN RED S; TRYPAN BLUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL LOSS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 14244263603     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.09.068     Document Type: Article

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