Descemet membrane detachment among siblings: Role of anatomic and familial predisposition

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 836-840

  Felipe, Anthony F ^a   Rapuano, Christopher J ^a   Nottage, Jennifer M ^a   Abazari, Azin ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomic predisposition; Descemet membrane; detachment

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE DETACHMENT; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANT; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CATARACT; CORNEAL DISEASES; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTAMPONADE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SIBLINGS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SUPINE POSITION; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84862892042     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318243e48e     Document Type: Article

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