Changes in corneal biomechanics following different keratoplasty techniques

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 767-770

  Hosny, Mohamed ^a   Hassaballa, Mohamed Abdel Moneim ^a   Shalaby, Ahmed ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Keratoconus; Keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL BIOMECHANIC; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 79959841422     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S21297     Document Type: Article

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