Indications of penetrating keratoplasty in northern India

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 989-991

  Sony, Parul ^a   Sharma, Namrata ^a   Sen, Seema ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Indication; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APHAKIA; CATARACT; CHILD; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; EYEBANK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 28044472796     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000157406.34662.0f     Document Type: Review

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