Cellular changes of donor corneal tissue after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty versus penetrating keratoplasty in eyes with keratoconus: A confocal study

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 866-870

  Feizi, Sepehr ^a   Javadi, Mohammad Ali ^a   Kanavi, Mozhgan Rezaei ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

apoptosis; big bubble technique; confocal microscopy; deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty; keratocyte density; penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; DONOR; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MICROSCOPE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CORNEA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955172958     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181ca2ed6     Document Type: Article

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