Boston type i keratoprosthesis for visual rehabilitation in a patient with gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 844-845

  Cortina, M Soledad ^a   Porter, Isaac W ^a   Sugar, Joel ^a   De La Cruz, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Boston keratoprosthesis; GDLD; gelatinous drop like corneal dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GELATINOUS DROP LIKE CORNEAL DYSTROPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRIDECTOMY; KERATECTOMY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; TYPE I BOSTON KERATOPROSTHESIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AMYLOIDOSIS, FAMILIAL; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84862841219     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31822fff1a     Document Type: Article

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