Cornea - Banking and clinical application;Augenhornhaut - Banken und klinische anwendung

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 431-437

  Schroeter, Jan ^a   Rieck, Peter ^a   Maier, Philip ^b   Reinhard, Thomas ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corneal transplantation; Eye banks; Government regulation

Indexed keywords

CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EYEBANK; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; REVIEW; TISSUE PREPARATION;

EID: 57449111063     PISSN: 16603796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000165781     Document Type: Review

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