Amniotic membrane as an adjunct to donor sclera in the repair of exposed glaucoma drainage devices

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1148-1152

  Rai, Poornima ^a   Lauande Pimentel, Roberto ^a,b   Barton, Keith ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; AMNION; ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SCLERA; VITRECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNION; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 29244466445     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.07.019     Document Type: Article

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