Anwar versus melles deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty for keratoconus: A prospective randomized clinical trial

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 252-259

  Baradaran Rafii, Alireza ^a   Eslani, Medi ^a,b   Sadoughi, Mohammad Mehdi ^a   Esfandiari, Hamed ^a   Karimian, Farid ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANWAR TECHNIQUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL COUNT; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORNEAL HYSTERESIS; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELLES TECHNIQUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CELL COUNT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873322099     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.07.090     Document Type: Article

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