Complications of AlphaCor keratoprosthesis: A clinicopathologic report

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1258-1260

  Chalam, Kakarla V ^a,c   Chokshi, Amit ^a   Agarwal, Swati ^a   Edward, Deepak P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

AlphaCor keratoprosthesis; Complication; Graft failure; Histopathology; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; GIANT CELLS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 36549035811     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31813e0bd8     Document Type: Article

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