The influence of donor age and cause of death on corneal endothelial cell density

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 746-750

  Krohn, Jørgen ^a   Høvding, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age; Cause of death; Cell density; Cornea; Donor factors; Endothelium; Keratoplasty; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 29244479991     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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