Influence of donor storage time on corneal allograft survival

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1534-1538

  Simon, Michael ^a   Fellner, Peter ^a   El Shabrawi, Yosuf ^a   Ardjomand, Navid ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Universitats Augenklinik   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING ORGAN SYSTEMS; CORNEA; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

PRESERVATION SOLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 3442893842     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.12.060     Document Type: Article

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