Outcome of penetrating keratoplasty in patients with bilateral corneal blindness

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 451-454

  Sinha, R ^a   Vanathi, M ^a   Sharma, N ^a   Titiyal, J S ^a   Vajpayee, R B ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bilaterally blind; Corneal graft survival; Keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; READING; SCAR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 17544384292     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701534     Document Type: Article

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