Corneal graft survival after therapeutic keratoplasty for Acanthamoeba keratitis

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 666-669

  Kashiwabuchi, Renata T ^a   De Freitas, Denise ^a   Alvarenga, Lenio S ^a   Vieira, Luiz ^a   Contarini, Patrícia ^a   Sato, Elcio ^a   Foronda, Annette ^b   Hofling lima, Ana Luísa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Graft survival; Keratoplasty; Survival curve

Indexed keywords

POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MALE; MYDRIASIS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 51049113418     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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