Comparison of Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty and Penetrating Keratoplasty for Lattice and Macular Corneal Dystrophies

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 304-309

  Kawashima, Motoko ^a   Kawakita, Tetsuya ^a   Den, Seika ^a   Shimmura, Shigeto ^a,b   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,b   Shimazaki, Jun ^a,b  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA SURGERY; DEEP LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33746308488     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.03.057     Document Type: Article

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