The value of corneal transplantation in reducing blindness

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1106-1114

  Garg, P ^a   Krishna, P V ^a   Stratis, A K ^b   Gopinathan, U ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blindness; Corneal blindness; Keratoplasty; Survival of corneal grafts

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EYE INJURY; EYEBANK; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REOPERATION; RETINA DISEASE; SCAR; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29244483389     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701968     Document Type: Article

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