Corneal melt in lattice corneal dystrophy type II after cataract surgery

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 185-189

  Papathanassiou, Miltiadis ^a   Liarakos, Vasilios S ^a   Vaikousis, Emmanuel ^a   Paschalidis, Thrasivoulos ^a   Agrogiannis, George ^a   Vergados, Ioannis ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTOLATE; DEXAMETHASONE; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATTICE CORNEAL DYSTROPHY TYPE 2; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOIDOSIS, FAMILIAL; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SYNDROME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 57849132672     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.07.039     Document Type: Article

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