Pentacam characterization of corneas with fuchs dystrophy treated with descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 972-979

  Kwon, Robert O ^a   Price, Marianne O ^b   Price Jr , Francis W ^a   Ambrósio Jr , Renato ^c   Belin, Michael W ^d  

^a PRICE VISION GROUP   (United States)

^b Lautert)   (United States)

^c Instituto de Olhos Renato Ambrosio   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA THICKNESS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650207894     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20100212-08     Document Type: Article

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