Frequency, distribution, and outcome of keratoplasty for corneal dystrophies at a tertiary eye care center in South India

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 541-546

  Pandrowala, Hijab ^a   Bansal, Aashish ^a   Vemuganti, Geeta K ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Corneal dystrophy; Granular lattice; Keratoplasty; Outcome; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; CONGO RED; DYE; FORMALDEHYDE; MASSON TRICHROME; PARAFFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONSANGUINITY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INFLAMMATION; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; STAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INDIA; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 3342989744     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000126324.58884.b9     Document Type: Article

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