Descemet's membrane automated endothelial keratoplasty (DMAEK): Visual outcomes and visual quality

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 951-954

  Da Reitz Pereira, Carlindo ^a   Guerra, Frederico P ^b   Price Jr , Francis W ^a   Price, Marianne O ^b  

^a PRICE VISION GROUP   (United States)

^b Lautert)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE AUTOMATED ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AGED; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79959357940     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.191494     Document Type: Article

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