Outcomes of epikeratoplasty for advanced keratoglobus

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-157

  Javadi, Mohammad Ali ^a,c   Kanavi, Mozhgan Rezaei ^a   Ahmadi, Mandana ^b   Yazdani, Shahin ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blue sclera; Epikeratoplasty; Keratoglobus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; EYE DROPS; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EPIKERATOPLASTY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; KERATOGLOBUS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; TARSORRHAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846536782     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000244878.38621.fc     Document Type: Article

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