Keratoprosthesis surgery as an alternative to keratoplasty

Medicina (Lithuania)

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 291-299

  Jašinskas, Vytautas ^a   Rudalevičius, Paulius ^a   Miliauskas, Arunas ^a   Milčius, Darius ^b   Jurkunas, Ula V ^c  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^b LITHUANIAN ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Lithuania)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial cornea; Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis; Corneal blindness; Glaucoma; Keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887564171     PISSN: 1010660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/medicina49060046     Document Type: Article

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