Keratoplasty outcomes: Are we making advances?

Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 977-978

  Patel, Sanjay V ^a   Armitage, W John ^a   Claesson, Margareta ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AFTERCATARACT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEEP LAMELLAR ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEAL DISEASES; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84899750447     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.01.029     Document Type: Editorial

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