Reverse big bubble: A new technique for preparing donor tissue of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1110-1111

  Zarei Ghanavati, Siamak ^a   Khakshoor, H ^a   Zarei Ghanavati, M ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DONOR; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE BIG BUBBLE TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; HUMANS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 77955240002     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.170803     Document Type: Letter

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