Graft rejection after Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty: Graft survival and endothelial cell loss

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-94

  Li, Jennifer Y ^a   Terry, Mark A ^a,b   Goshe, Jeffrey ^a   Shamie, Neda ^a   Davis Boozer, David ^b  

^a DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Lions Eye Bank of Oregon Vision Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY;

AGED; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FLUPREDNISOLONE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855301260     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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