Assessment of Eye Bank-Prepared Posterior Lamellar Corneal Tissue for Endothelial Keratoplasty

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-286

  Rose, Linda ^a   Briceño, César A ^a   Stark, Walter J ^a   Gloria, Dante G ^b   Jun, Albert S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tissue Banks International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPAN BLUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DONOR; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYEBANK; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPLASTY; LAMELLAR BODY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; TISSUE FLAP; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE DONORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 38549092714     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.04.020     Document Type: Article

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