Recurrence of keratoconic pathology in penetrating keratoplasty buttons originally transplanted for keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 688-693

  Brookes, Nigel H ^a   Niederer, Rachael L ^a   Hickey, Doron ^a   McGhee, Charles N J ^a   Sherwin, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry; Keratoconus; Penetrating keratoplasty; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67650644604     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181967024     Document Type: Article

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