Pediatric keratoplasty in India: Indications and outcomes

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 810-813

  Sharma, Namrata ^a   Prakash, Gaurav ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developing world; Infectious keratitis; Pediatric keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE CARE; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTIOUS KERATITIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34547653861     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318074ce2e     Document Type: Article

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