Persistent corneal edema after descemetorhexis without corneal graft implantation in a case of Fuchs endothelial dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 248-249

  Ham, Lisanne ^a   Dapena, Isabel ^a   Moutsouris, Kyros ^a   Melles, Gerrit R J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CELL MIGRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LETTER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 78651351010     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181eeb2c7     Document Type: Letter

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