Subbasal nerve regeneration after penetrating keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 935-940

  Darwish, Taym ^a,b,c,e   Brahma, Arun ^a   Efron, Nathan ^d   O'Donnell, Clare ^b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TISHREEN UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Esthesiometry; Keratoplasty; Tear film

Indexed keywords

PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE REGENERATION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAR FILM; TEAR FLOW;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; TEARS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548230623     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3180de493f     Document Type: Article

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