Cataract surgery in Fuchs' dystrophy

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 241-245

  Seitzman, Gerami D ^a,b  

^a SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Fuchs' corneal endothelial dystrophy; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN;

AGE; APOPTOSIS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYE INJURY; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KERATOPLASTY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEAL EDEMA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23044464102     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icu.0000172828.39608.7c     Document Type: Review

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