Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty in Korean patients with Avellino dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1132-1135

  Park, Kyung Ah ^a   Ki, Chang Seok ^a   Chung, Eui Sang ^a   Chung, Tae Young ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Avellino dystrophy; Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EYE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ASTIGMATISM; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34748881799     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318123765b     Document Type: Article

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