Risk factors for human corneal graft failure within the Australian corneal graft registry

Transplantation

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1720-1724

  Williams, Keryn A ^a,b   Lowe, Marie ^a   Bartlett, Christine ^a   Kelly, Thu Lan ^a   Coster, Douglas J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multivariate analysis; Penetrating corneal transplantation; Registry; Univariate analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EROSION; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; EYE; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; VISUAL ACUITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 58849097203     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181903b0a     Document Type: Article

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