Outcome of corneal transplant rejection: A 10-year study

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 623-627

  Sangwan, Virender S ^a   Ramamurthy, Balasubramanya ^a   Shah, Urmi ^a   Garg, Prashant ^a   Sridhar, Mitthanamalli S ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Corneal trasplantation; Graft rejection reversibility; Preoperative diagnosis; Regraft; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33644983712     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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