Surgical Strategies for Fornix Reconstruction Based on Symblepharon Severity

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Kheirkhah, Ahmad ^a   Blanco, Gabriela ^a   Casas, Victoria ^a   Hayashida, Yasutaka ^a   Raju, Vadrevu K ^a   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^a  

^a OCULAR SURFACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; AGED; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE SURGERY; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORNIX RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SYMBLEPHARON; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 47549112845     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.03.028     Document Type: Article

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