One donor cornea for 3 recipients: A new concept for corneal transplantation surgery

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 552-554

  Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a,b   Sharma, Namrata ^a   Jhanji, Vishal ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 34247164551     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.125.4.552     Document Type: Article

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