Amniotic membrane transplantation for persistent corneal epithelial defects in eyes after penetrating keratoplasty

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 840-848

  Seitz, B ^a,d   Das, S ^b   Sauer, R ^c   Mena, D ^c   Hofmann Rummelt, C ^c  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PREDNISONE; TRIFLUORTHYMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYE INFECTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNION; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349158657     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.140     Document Type: Article

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