Protected penetrating keratoplasty: Surgical technique and endothelial response;Queratoplastia penetrante protegida: Técnica quirúrgica y respuesta del endotelio

Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 231-236

  López Plandolit, Silvia ^a,b   Etxebarria J ^a,b   Acera, A ^a   Castiella, G ^a   Duran J A ^a,c  

^a Instituto Clínico Quirúrgico de Oftalmología   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corneal endothelium; Penetrating keratoplasty; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CELL COUNT; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42949084605     PISSN: 03656691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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