The New Zealand National Eye Bank study 1991-2003: A review of the source and management of corneal tissue

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 576-582

  Patel, Hussain Y ^a   Brookes, Nigel H ^a   Moffatt, Louise ^a   Sherwin, Trevor ^a   Ormonde, Sue ^a   Clover, Gillian M ^a   McGhee, Charles N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biological contamination; Corneal storage; Corneal transplantation; Donor demographics; Donor tissue; Eye banking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CANDIDA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DONOR; EYEBANK; FEMALE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 21244502599     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000155035.55751.b2     Document Type: Review

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