The first successful full-thickness corneal transplant: A commentary on Eduard Zirm's landmark paper of 1906

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1222-1223

  Armitage, W J ^a   Tullo, A B ^b   Larkin, D F P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CORNEA BURN; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; NOTE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND CLOSURE; XENOGRAFT;

BURNS, CHEMICAL; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EYE BURNS; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33750337467     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.101527     Document Type: Note

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