Influence of donor characteristics on descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 644-648

  Heinzelmann, Sonja ^a   Hüther, Silja ^a   Böhringer, Daniel ^a   Eberwein, Philipp ^a   Reinhard, Thomas ^a   Maier, Philip ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cornea; DMEK; endothelial keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DONOR SELECTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; OPERATIVE TIME; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN SIZE; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900832709     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000106     Document Type: Article

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