Trends in the distribution of donor corneal tissue and indications for corneal transplantation: The New Zealand National Eye Bank Study 2000-2009

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-147

  Cunningham, William J ^a   Brookes, Nigel H ^a   Twohill, Helen C ^a   Moffatt, S Louise ^a   Pendergrast, David G C ^a   Stewart, Joanna M ^a   Mcghee, Charles N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cornea; Corneal graft; Corneal transplantation; Eye banking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EYEBANK; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ORGAN DONOR; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EYE BANKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC SECTOR; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858444241     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02681.x     Document Type: Article

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