Indications of paediatric keratoplasty in north China

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 724-727

  Shi, Weiyun ^a   Jin, Huixiang ^a   Li, Suxia ^a   Liu, Mingna ^a   Xie, Lixin ^a  

^a SHANDONG EYE INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Children; Corneal blindness; Indication; Keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHEMICAL BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA TUMOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE BURN; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; TERATOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 36048991454     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01618.x     Document Type: Article

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