Effect of the preservation-to-surgery interval on corneal allograft survival in low-risk patients

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 457-461

  Doganay, Selim ^a,c   Hepsen, I Fevzi ^a   Yologlu, Saim ^a   Demirtas, Hakan ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEVICE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; CRYOPRESERVATION; DONOR; DRUG MIXTURE; EYEBANK; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; DEXTRAN; GENTAMICIN; OPTISOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COMPLEX MIXTURES; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEXTRANS; EYE BANKS; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 38349018636     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20071101-03     Document Type: Article

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