Epithelial debridement for the treatment of epithelial basement membrane abnormalities coincident with endothelial disorders

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1207-1211

  Jeng, Bennie H ^a,b   Dupps Jr , William J ^a   Meisler, David M ^a   Schoenfield, Lynn ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior basement membrane dystrophy; Endothelial dystrophy; Epithelial basement membrane disorder; Epithelial debridement; Iridocorneal endothelial syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EYE DISEASE; EYE EPITHELIUM BASEMENT MEMBRANE ABNORMALITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRIDOCORNEA ENDOTHELIAL SYNDROME; IRIS DISEASE; KERATOMETRY; LENS IMPLANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; IRIS DISEASES; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 60749129614     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181814c74     Document Type: Article

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