Changing indications for penetrating keratoplasty in Greece, 1982-2006: A multicenter study

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 372-374

  Siganos, Charalambos S ^a   Tsiklis, Nikolaos S ^a   Miltsakakis, Dimitrios G ^b   Georgiadis, Nikolaos S ^c   Georgiadou, Irene N ^c   Kymionis, George D ^a   Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

aphakic pseudophakic corneal edema; indications; keratoconus; penetrating keratoplasty; regraft

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INJURY; CHILD; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMYCOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THERMAL INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957334365     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181bd44a1     Document Type: Article

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