Endothelial Cell Density after Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty: 1- to 2-Year Follow-up

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 521-527

  Ham, Lisanne ^a   van Luijk, Chantal ^a   Dapena, Isabel ^a   Wong, Tse H ^a   Birbal, Rénuka ^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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 70349281442     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.04.025     Document Type: Article

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