Forty years of changing indications in penetrating keratoplasty in Israel

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 256258-

  Yahalom, Claudia ^a   Mechoulam, Hadas ^a   Solomon, Abraham ^a   Raiskup, Frederick D ^a   Peer, Jacob ^a   Frucht Pery, Joseph ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Keratoconus; Penetrating keratoplasty; Pseudophakic corneal edema; Regraft

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA INJURY; EYE INFECTION; GRAFT FAILURE; HERPES; HUMAN; ISRAEL; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 15744378828     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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