Outcome of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty in infectious keratitis

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-309

  Sukhija, Jaspreet ^a   Jain, Arun K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHILD; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE CONTUSION; EYE SURGERY; EYE SYNECHIA; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT REJECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHTHISIS BULBI; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23044487592     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1542-8877-20050701-09     Document Type: Article

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