Endothelial Cell Density after Posterior Lamellar Keratoplasty: Five- to Seven-Year Follow-up

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 471-473

  van Dooren, Bart T H ^a,e   Mulder, Paul G H ^b   Nieuwendaal, Carla P ^c   Beekhuis, W Houdijn ^e   Melles, Gerrit R J ^c,d  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^e ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYEBANK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548290753     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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