Comparison of Three Different Techniques of Corneal Transplantation for Keratoconus

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Bahar, Irit ^a   Kaiserman, Igor ^a   Srinivasan, Sathish ^a,b   Ya Ping, Jin ^a   Slomovic, Allan R ^a   Rootman, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b AYR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 56249112952     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.06.034     Document Type: Article

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