Major indications for corneal penetrating keratoplasty at a reference service in São Paulo state (Sorocaba - SP, Brazil);Principais indicações de transplante penetrante de córnea em um serviço de referência no interior de São Paulo (Sorocaba - SP, Brasil)

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 661-664

  Netto, Miguel José Calix ^a,c   Della Giustina, Eduardo ^a   Ramos, Gabriel Zatti ^a   Peccini, Rodrigo Favoretto Cañas ^a   Sobrinho, Marcelo ^a   de Souza, Luciene Barbosa ^b  

^a Hospital Oftalmologico de Sorocaba   (Brazil)

^b HOS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corneal diseases epidemiology; Corneal transplantation; Hospitals; Keratoconus; Keratoplasty; Penetrating epidemiology; Retrospective studies; Special

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33751413836     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492006000500007     Document Type: Article

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