Penetrating keratoplasty for keratoconus: Long-term results

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 959-961

  Zadok, David ^a,c   Schwarts, Shula ^a   Marcovich, Arie ^b   Barkana, Yaniv ^a   Morad, Yair ^a   Eting, Eva ^a   Avni, Isaac ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Keratoconus; Keratoplasty; Long term follow up

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 28044457220     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000159729.51015.b4     Document Type: Article

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