The influence of donor and recipient factors in allograft rejection of the human cornea

Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 334-339

  Rahman, I ^a   Huang, M C ^b   Carley, F ^a   Hillarby, M C ^c   Vasileiadis, G T ^d   Tullo, A ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corneal graft; Failure; Penetrating keratoplasty; Rejection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEATH; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENUCLEATION; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFECTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN SIZE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL RISK; VIRUS INFECTION; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 77049110332     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.72     Document Type: Article

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