Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty Over Penetrating Keratoplasty for Optical, Therapeutic, and Tectonic Indications: A Case Series

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Ang, Marcus ^a   Mehta, Jodhbir S ^a,b   Arundhati, Anshu ^a,b   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; LAMELLAR BODY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 62649083610     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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