Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK): Two-year results;Queratoplastia endotelial de membrana de descemet (DMEK): Resultados a dos años

Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 237-244

  Dapena, I ^a   Ham, L ^a   Lie, J ^a   Van Der Wees, J ^a   Melles, Grj ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corneal transplantation; Descemet membrane; Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK); Endothelium; Posterior lamellar keratoplasty; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DONOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 69849109776     PISSN: 03656691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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