Epithelial downgrowth after descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 708-711

  Prasher, Pawan ^a   Muftuoglu, Orkun ^a   Hsiao, M L ^a   Bowman, R W ^a   Hogan, R N ^a   Mootha, V Vinod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty; Epithelial downgrowth; Graft failure

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CYTOKERATIN; TRIFLURIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING AUTOMATED ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EPITHELIAL DOWNGROWTH; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPLASTY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIRUS KERATITIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; CICATRIX; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION;

EID: 67650616290     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318190d675     Document Type: Article

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