Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty with melles technique for granular corneal dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-143

  Salouti, Ramin ^a   Hosseini, Hamid ^a   Eghtedari, Masoomeh ^a   Khalili, Mohammad R ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty; Granular corneal dystrophy; Keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRANULAR CORNEAL DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MELLES TECHNIQUE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPECTACLES; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67650606759     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181861cdd     Document Type: Article

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