Baseline donor characteristics in the Cornea Donor Study

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-396

  Gal, Robin L ^a  

^a JAEB CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea transplant; Endothelial cell density

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CORNEA PRESERVATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYEBANK; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECIPIENT; SLIT LAMP; STROMA CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CELL COUNT; CHILD; COLD; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 17844395198     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000151503.26695.f0     Document Type: Article

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