Long-term Topical Steroid Treatment after Penetrating Keratoplasty in Patients with Pseudophakic Bullous Keratopathy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2369-2372

  Ross, Adam H ^a   Jones, Mark N A ^b   Nguyen, Dan Q ^a   Jaycock, Philip D ^a   Armitage, W John ^c   Cook, Stuart D ^a   Kaye, Stephen B ^d   Tole, Derek M ^a  

^a BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIC BULLOUS KERATOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEAL EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70649087035     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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