Corneal transplant rejection rate and severity after endothelial keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1039-1042

  Allan, Bruce D S ^a   Terry, Mark A ^b   Price Jr , Francis W ^c   Price, Marianne O ^d   Griffin, Neil B ^e,f   Claesson, Margareta ^g  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PRICE VISION GROUP   (United States)

^d Lautert)   (United States)

^e Carolina Eye Associates   (United States)

^f SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Endothelial; Keratoplasty; Penetrating; Rejection; Transplant

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34748918870     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31812f66e5     Document Type: Article

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