Overcoming the technical challenges of deep lamellar keratoplasty

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1548-1549

  Yamada, Masakazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEEP LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOPLASTY; MORBIDITY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS;

EID: 28444485355     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.077396     Document Type: Editorial

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