A new donor cornea harvesting technique for posterior lamellar keratoplasty

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1100-1101

  Suwan Apichon, O ^a,b   Rizen, M ^a   Reyes, J M G ^a   Herretes, S ^a   Behrens, A ^a   Stark, W J ^a   Chuck, Roy S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISSECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DISSECTION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 24044455357     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.064337     Document Type: Article

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