Trends in corneal graft surgery in the UK

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 468-472

  Keenan, Tiarnan D L ^a   Carley, Fiona ^a   Yeates, David ^b   Jones, Mark N A ^c   Rushton, Sally ^c   Goldacre, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOPLASTY; LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958544554     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.182329     Document Type: Article

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