Delayed epithelial healing after keratoplasty for lattice corneal dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1182-1183

  Foerster, Claudia G ^a   Langenbucher, Achim ^a   Cursiefen, Claus ^a   Kruse, Friedrich E ^a   Seitz, Berthold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epithelial healing; Excimer laser; Keratoplasty; Lattice corneal dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA GRANULAR DYSTROPHY; CORNEA LATTICE DYSTROPHY; FUSCHS DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 36549008725     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318151f8cc     Document Type: Article

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