Survival after transplantation of corneas from a rabies-infected donor

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-244

  Vetter, Jan M ^a   Frisch, Lars ^b   Drosten, Christian ^c   Ross, R Stefan ^d   Roggendorf, Michael ^d   Wolters, Bernd ^d   Müller, Thomas ^e   Dick, H Burkhard ^f   Pfeiffer, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b Eye Clinic Habedank and Frisch   (Germany)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^e FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^f ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

cornea; keratoplasty; rabies; transmission; transplantation

Indexed keywords

RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SURVIVAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REOPERATION; RNA, VIRAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 78651365603     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181e4572a     Document Type: Article

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