Mid-term outcomes of penetrating keratoplasty (PK) and deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK)

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2263-

  Rice, A ^a,b   Funnell, C L ^b   Pesudovs, K ^c   Noble, B A ^d   Ball, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Yorkshire Eye Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTIGMATISM; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 72749120263     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.9     Document Type: Letter

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