Recipient endothelium may relate to corneal clearance in descemet membrane endothelial transfer

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Dirisamer, Martin ^a,b   Yeh, Ru Yin ^a   Van Dijk, Korine ^a   Ham, Lisanne ^a   Dapena, Isabel ^a   Melles, Gerrit R J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^b KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL TRANSFER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUCHS ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84866358025     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.02.032     Document Type: Article

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