Preservation of human cornea

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-147

  Armitage, W John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopreservation; Cornea; Eye banking; Hypothermia; Organ culture; Storage; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA PRESERVATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR SELECTION; EYEBANK; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPOTHERMIA; ORGAN CULTURE; REVIEW; STROMA;

EID: 79953241116     PISSN: 16603796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326632     Document Type: Review

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