The indications and outcome of paediatric corneal transplantation in New Zealand: 1991-2003

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 404-408

  Patel, H Y ^a   Ormonde, S ^a   Brookes, N H ^a   Moffatt, L S ^a   McGhee, Charles N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYE MALFORMATION; EYEBANK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PETERS ANOMALY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INFANT; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYE BANKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 16244386491     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.053116     Document Type: Article

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