Assessment of quality of life after penetrating keratoplasty;Qualidade de vida após transplante penetrante de córnea

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 351-354

  Atique, Denise ^a,b   Goulart, Dario Grechi ^a   Lake, Jonathan Clive ^a   Lima, Fabiana Amorim ^a   Felberg, Sérgio ^a   Nishiwaki Dantas, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a Serviço de Hematologia Hemoterapia da Santa Casa de São Paulo   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corneal transplantation; Health status indicators; Keratoplasty; Patient satisfaction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745808171     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492002000300013     Document Type: Article

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