Recurrence of keratoconus in two corneal grafts after penetrating keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 362-364

  Ünal, Mustafa ^a,b   Yücel, Iclal ^a   Akar, Yusuf ^a   Akkoyunlu, Gökhan ^a   Gültekin, Ismail ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Penetrating keratoplasty; Recurrence of keratoconus

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL LEUCOMA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINOSCOPY; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; RECURRENCE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 34147162769     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31802c9e2e     Document Type: Article

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