Deposits in artificial corneas: Risk factors and prevention

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-191

  Hicks, Celia R ^a,c   Chirila, Traian V ^a   Werner, Liliana ^b   Crawford, Geoffrey J ^a   Apple, David J ^b   Constable, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AlphaCor; Artificial cornea; Deposition; Hydrogel; Keratoprostheses

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CEFAZOLIN; CHEMICAL AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORSIG; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; LATANOPROST; LEVOBUNOLOL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PIGMENT; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE; TIMOLOL MALEATE;

ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLANT; GLAUCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PIGMENTATION; PREVENTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING HABIT; STAINING; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORNEA; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LEVOBUNOLOL; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 2442621451     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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