Economic evaluation of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty versus penetrating keratoplasty in the Netherlands

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Van Den Biggelaar, Frank J H M ^a   Cheng, Yanny Y Y ^a   Nuijts, Rudy M M A ^a   Schouten, Jan S ^a   Wijdh, Robert Jan ^b   Pels, Elisabeth ^c   Van Cleynenbreugel, Hugo ^d   Eggink, Catharina A ^e   Zaal, Michel J W ^f   Rijneveld, Wilhelmina J ^g   Dirksen, Carmen D ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Euro Tissue Bank ^*  (Netherlands)

^d ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g Westfriesgasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951804623     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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