Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty surgery: Update on the evidence and hurdles to acceptance

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 329-335

  Price, Marianne O ^a   Price Jr , Francis W ^b  

^a Lautert)   (United States)

^b PRICE VISION GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty; Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty; penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INCISION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISION;

CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84880134057     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32836229ab     Document Type: Review

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