Spontaneous Corneal Clearance Despite Graft Detachment in Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Balachandran, Chandra ^a   Ham, Lisanne ^a   Verschoor, Christianne A ^a   Ong, T San ^a   van der Wees, Jacqueline ^a   Melles, Gerrit R J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; FLUOROMETHOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONVALESCENCE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDEMA; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GUTTATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; SLIT LAMP; STROMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67650421522     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.02.033     Document Type: Article

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