Penetrating Keratoplasty in Asian Eyes. The Singapore Corneal Transplant Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,c   Janardhanan, Prathiba ^b,c   Zhou, Huijun ^c   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b,c   Htoon, Hla Myint ^a,c   Ang, Leonard P K ^a,b,c   Lim, Laurence S ^a,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PERFORATING EYE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 44349154611     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.08.049     Document Type: Article

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