Graft rejection episodes after Descemet stripping with endothelial keratoplasty: Part two: The statistical analysis of probability and risk factors

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 391-395

  Price, M O ^a   Jordan, C S ^b   Moore, G ^c   Price Jr , F W ^c  

^a Lautert)   (United States)

^b Northeastern Eye Institute   (United States)

^c PRICE VISION GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; FLUOROMETHOLONE; LOTEPREDNOL ETABONATE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING WITH ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61749088567     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.140038     Document Type: Article

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