Infectious disease risk factors of corneal graft donors

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-239

  Hassan, Sohela S ^a   Wilhelmus, Kirk R ^a   Dahl, Patricia ^c   Davis, Gregory C ^d   Roberts, Russell T ^b   Ross, Kevin W ^e   Varnum, Bruce H ^f  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Eye Bank for Sight Restoration   (United States)

^d Donor Network of Arizona   (United States)

^e Midwest Eye Banks   (United States)

^f Georgia Eye Bank Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYEBANK; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORNEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE BANKS; EYE INFECTIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39049089106     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2007.45     Document Type: Article

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