Histologic analysis of descemet stripping in posterior lamellar keratoplasty

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-464

  Heindl, Ludwig M ^a   Hofmann Rummelt, Carmen ^a   Schlötzer Schrehardt, Ursula ^a   Kruse, Friedrich E ^a   Cursiefen, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING AUTOMATED ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOOK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42249098228     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2007.75     Document Type: Article

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