Corneal transplantation for keratoconus: A registry study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 691-697

  Kelly, Thu Lan ^a   Williams, Keryn A ^a   Coster, Douglas J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CHILD; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA SCAR; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; EYE INJURY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGEON; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT INDICATION; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958758242     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.7     Document Type: Article

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