Deep lamellar keratoplasty for recurrent advanced pterygium

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-45

  Das, Sujata ^a   Ramamurthy, Balasubramanya ^a   Sangwan, Virender S ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 59449087926     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20090101-06     Document Type: Article

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