Same-Size Donor Corneas for Myopic Keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 345-349

  Shimmura, Shigeto ^a   Ando, Masako ^a   Ishioka, Misaki ^a   Shimazaki, Jun ^a   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Donor cornea size; Keratoconus; Keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; ORGAN DONOR; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2142647887     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200405000-00006     Document Type: Article

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