Donor tissue preparation for Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1578-1583

  Lie, Jessica T ^a   Birbal, Rénuka ^a   Ham, Lisanne ^a   van der Wees, Jacqueline ^a   Melles, Gerrit R J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL DISRUPTION; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DONOR; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATOPLASTY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 49449088700     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.05.036     Document Type: Article

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