Quality of Vision and Graft Thickness in Deep Anterior Lamellar and Penetrating Corneal Allografts

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Ardjomand, Navid ^a,b   Hau, Scott ^a   McAlister, James C ^a   Bunce, Catey ^a   Galaretta, David ^a   Tuft, Stephen J ^a   Larkin, Daniel F P ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONUS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUTURE REMOVAL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33846400736     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.10.043     Document Type: Article

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